Record details

• Physical Description: preservation
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  1 online resource (vii, 196 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Publisher: Washington, D.C. : History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1987.

Content descriptions

General Note:

G.P.O. sales statement incorrect in publication.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-148) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. The bombing -- 2. Beirut I -- Evacuating the PLO, 25 August-10 September 1982 -- 3. Beirut II -- The mission of presence, 29 September-1 November 1982 -- 4. Beirut III -- An expanded experience, 1 November 1982-15 February 1983 -- 5. Beirut IV -- Circumstances change, 'presence' remains, 15 February-29 May 1983 -- 6. Beirut V -- Disaster strikes, 30 May-19 November 1983 -- 7. The investigation -- 8. Beirut V goes home -- 9. Beirut VI -- End of the USMNE, 20 November 1983-26 February 1984 -- Appendices: A. Chronology: Marines in Lebanon, 1982-1984 -- B. Marine Command and Staff list -- C. Foreign multi-national force units -- D. Remarks by the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Senate Armed Forces Committee, 31 October 1983 -- E. Long Commission conclusions and recommendations -- F. American deaths in Beirut -- G. Unit Commendations -- Index.

System Details Note:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Source of Description Note:

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (MCU, viewed August 9, 2017).

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