Beirut Memorial 40 Years Later.

The bombing remains the largest single-day loss of life for Marines since the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.

Services Sunday morning 22 October 2023.
10 AM sharp at Penn’s Landing to honor the Nine Marines from Philly!
Upper Darby Marine Corps League Detachment 884

Color Guard: Bensalem High School Jr. Marine ROTC

Leathernecks Nation M/C

October 23, 1983, U.S. troops were awakened at 0622 when a suicide bombing took place at the barracks housing U.S. peacekeeping forces.

Rev. James MacNew, USN (Ret), Col. John C. Church, Jr. USMCR (Ret)

October 23, 1983, U.S. troops were awakened at 0622 when a suicide bombing took place at the barracks housing U.S. peacekeeping forces.

The site of the truck bombing was at Lebanon’s Beirut International Airport, where 220 Marines, 18 Sailors and three soldiers were killed. The U.S. along with the United Kingdom, France and Italy were in Lebanon’s capital city to be part of the Lebanon’s capital city to be part of the Multinational Peacekeeping Force. U.S. troops were sent to Beirut after the start of the 1982 Lebanon War.

In addition to U.S. troop deaths, 58 French troops and six civilians died in a separate suicide bombing at the Beirut airport just minutes after the U.S. barracks was attacked.

The U.S. withdrew troops from Lebanon in 1984. After 18 months in country, 238 Marines had died and 151 had been wounded, according to the Marine Corps’ official history.

March on the Colors: Bensalem High School Jr. Marine ROTC

Invocation: Rev. James MacNew, USN (Ret)

National Anthem: Valley Forge Military Academy

Color Guard: Bensalem High School Jr. Marine ROTC

Guest Speaker: Col. John C. Church, Jr. USMCR (Ret)

Gold Star Mother Joan Muffler
Proud Mother of Cpl. John F. Muffler

Family members placed a Red Rose in honor of their loved one.

A bell was rung by PA MCL Commandant Diana K. Henry with the reading of each name.

Amazing Grace: Ray Exton, Cairngorm Pipes & Drums

Taps was preformed by Tom Thibault

Tom Thibault

All Divisions Detachment Marine Corps League

40 Years Later ‘Beirut Bombing’. At the Philadelphia Beirut Marine Memorial a service was held to honor their sacrifice for Our Freedom. “If You Forget My Death . . . . Then I Died in Vain”. Cpl. Moses Arnold, Jr., Sgt. John J. Bonk, Jr., Cpl. Thomas A. Hairston, Sgt. Gilbert Hanton, Cpl. John F. Muffler, Sgt. Rafael Pomales-Porres, Pfc. RV-Manuel A. Relvas, Cpl. Louis J. Rotondo and Sgt. Allen D. Wesley. All from Philadelphia.

Leatherneck Nation M/C Tun Tavern Chapter (PA)
Just as the United States Marine Corps is a proud and distinct organization which stands apart from other military organizations, so too, the “Leathernecks” Tun Tavern Chapter Motorcycle Club is a proud and distinct organization of active-duty and former Marines and FMF Corpsmen. We stand apart from, yet not against, other motorcycle clubs. Just as the United States Marine Corps supports God, Country and Marine Corps Brotherhood, so too, the Leathernecks Nation Motorcycle Club supports God, Country and Marine Corps Brotherhood. The “Leathernecks” Tun Tavern Chapter Motorcycle Club is not territorial and claims no territory. We have no need of reputation building. We are not a 1% Club. We are not interested in joining, or interfering with, the affairs of others. We desire only to ride our motorcycles in the company of our brothers. We will never seek to violate anyone’s rights and we expect the same courtesy in return.

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