The Beirut bombing on 23 October 1983 remains the largest single-day loss of life for Marines since the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II

Beirut Remembrance Ceremony honoring the Nine Marines from Philly! Delaware Ave. & Dock St. Setup 8:30 AM - Begins 10 AM

“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. Ladies Auxiliary Marine Corps League

Danny Boy Martin Leathernecks Nation M/C

DOC, nickname for a Navy corpsman or medic who served in the Vietnam War

Marine Corps League Veterans

Upper Darby Detachment #884 Marine Corps League

Vietnam Purple Heart Marine Dennis Best along with Loretta Swit – EMMY Award Winning Star Of M.A.S.H.

NATIONAL ANTHEM: Frank Basile - former member of U.S. Air Force Singing Sergeants in Washington, D.C.

INVOCATION: Rev. Robert Ritchie - U.S. Navy Veteran & former Philadelphia Police Lt.

GUEST SPEAKER: Colonel J. Mark Clapp, USMC (Ret)

Greg Schlegel - BEIRUT MARINE

Mrs. Joan Muffler - GOLD STAR MOTHER

Loretta Swit – EMMY Award Winning Star Of M.A.S.H.

National Young Marine of the Year – Sgt. Maj. Susan Suber

AMAZING GRACE: Cairngorm Pipes & Drums - Ray Exten & Michelle Gallagher

RIFLE SALUTE: All Divisions Detachment #281 MCL

TAPS:Bugler - Tom Thibault

National Young Marine of the Year – Sgt. Maj. Susan Suber

Bensalem H.S. USMC - JROTC