[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 181 (Thursday, November 2, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5342]
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   SENATE RESOLUTION 447--EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE DESIGNATION OF 
 OCTOBER 23, 2023, AS ``BEIRUT VETERANS REMEMBRANCE DAY'' TO REMEMBER 
   THE TRAGIC TERRORIST BOMBING OF THE MARINE CORPS HEADQUARTERS IN 
                        BEIRUT, LEBANON, IN 1983

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Tillis (for himself and Mr. Budd)) submitted 
the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 447

       Whereas, in 1982, the United States deployed members of the 
     Armed Forces to Lebanon as part of a multinational 
     peacekeeping force;
       Whereas, on October 23, 1983, a truck packed with 
     explosives drove into the lobby of the Marine Corps 
     headquarters building at Beirut International Airport in 
     Beirut, Lebanon;
       Whereas 241 members of the Armed Forces were killed in the 
     Marine Corps headquarters bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, 
     including 220 Marines, 18 Sailors, and 3 Soldiers;
       Whereas many of the members of the Armed Forces who died in 
     the Marine Corps headquarters bombing were from the 1st 
     Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment Battalion Landing Team, based 
     out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina;
       Whereas, in the Marine Corps headquarters bombing, Marines 
     suffered the highest loss of life in a single day for Marines 
     since D-Day on Iwo Jima in 1945;
       Whereas, on the same day as the Marine Corps headquarters 
     bombing, a suicide bomber killed 58 French paratroopers 
     housed in another building in Beirut, Lebanon; and
       Whereas, on October 23, 2023, the United States remembers 
     the members of the Armed Forces who were killed or injured by 
     the terrorist attack on the Marine Corps headquarters in 
     Beirut, Lebanon, on October 23, 1983: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) supports the designation of October 23, 2023, as 
     ``Beirut Veterans Remembrance Day'' for members of the Armed 
     Forces who were killed or injured by the terrorist attack on 
     the Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 
     23, 1983; and
       (2) encourages the people of the United States to take time 
     on October 23, 2023, to honor and recognize the memory of the 
     brave members of the Armed Forces who served in Lebanon and 
     should never be forgotten.

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