[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 447 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 2, 2023

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
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.

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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