Remembering the deployment of the US Marines, French, Italian and British forces in Lebanon as part of the Multinational peacekeeping Force.
(All photos by Claude Salhani. copyright©2017 Claude Salhani). (To view in large format click on the picture. Click on the arrow to go left or right. You can leave comments in the contact comments section).
A patrol of US Marines and two French soldier (with beret and with light colored helmet) serving with the United Nations in Lebanon, take cover behind a steamroller on the coastal highway south of Beirut, after coming under fire from Shiite militiamen. The Marine on the right was very slightly injured and has blood dripping down his hand. This picture appeared on the front page of the New York Times and many other newspapers.
Aerial view of the destroyed US Embassy on the sea front corniche in Beirut.
A man lies dead outside the US Embassy in Beirut, April 18, 1983, after a car packed with explosives rammed into the US diplomatic legation in Beirut.
A truck packed with explosives rammed into the US Embassy in Beirut, collapsing the entire central wing. Among those killed were a number of CIA Middle East assets and agents who were meeting in the embassy at the time.
French troops and Lebanese rescue workers remove the body of a victim of a car bomb in Beirut.
A Marine assigned to guard the perimeter around the destroyed BLT Building crouched down as unexploded ordinance began popping just a few feet from where we were standing. For a few brief seconds the Marine was moved by the emotions of the day as he wiped away a teardrop from his eye. He was wemotional for just three seconds at most. He then resumed his role,
A Marine security guard reacts moments after a destroyed much of teh US Embassy in Beirut.
Lebanese police arrest two men suspected of planning carry out terrorist acts against the US Embassy
French troops leave Beirurt
Gen. Franco Angioni, commander of the Italian contingent with his escort
A Lebanese soldier looks out from hole in a building caused by artillery shells
French soldiers train Lebanese Army on anti-tank weapons
A French diplomat inspects damage caused to a wing of her embassy.
French sailors stand at rest aboard the aircraft carrier Clemenceau a few miles off the Lebanese coast as they await the arrival of French Defense Minister Charles Hernu.
US Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, wearing a flack vest gives an impromptu press briefing in Beirut.
French troops arrive in Beirut’s old commercial center, now utterly destroyed during the civil war.
A group of US sailors out for a walk along the seafront, near the US Embassy.
US Marines man a checkpoint in Beirut.
A US Marine CH53 helicopter flies a jeep back to the Fleet in Beirut.
Santa Claus did not forget the Marines in Lebanon
Wearing a military beret, Francesco Grazianim poses with a group of Italian soldiers in Beirut. The Italian national football (soccer) team visited the troops in Beirut.
An Italian soldier holds the remains of an RPG (rocket propelled grenade)
US Marines arrice at Beirut AIrport
Rescue workers and US Marines look for survivors after a bomb blew up the BLT building in Beirut
Capt. Paul Roy (far left) and Marines of Alpha Co. salute their dead comrades during a memorial service held in Beirut. The service was conducted by Lieut. Cmdr. George Pucciarelli (between the two flags) and Lieut. Junior Grade Dan Wheeler, both serving with the Navy as chaplains.
Italian Embassy in Beirut adopted additional security measures.
A French Foreign Legionnaire jumps from one wing to another of the destroyed Holiday Inn hotel in Beirut
An Israeli soldier mans a checkpoint in Beirut.
A Lebanese Army soldier fires a 12.5mm caliber machine gun from atophis armored personnel carrier in Beirut.
Rescue operations continued around the clock in a race against time, hoping to find eventual survivors in the US Embassy in Beirut after it was the target of a suicide bomber.
A Lebanese rescue worker carries a young girl who was wounded whan a car bomb exploded in West Beirut.
–– Let us never forget those who paid the ultimate price for peace.
(All photos by Claude Salhani. copyright©2017 Claude Salhani). (To view in large format click on the picture. Click on the arrow to go left or right. You can leave comments in the contact comments section).
A Marine assigned to guard the perimeter around the destroyed BLT Building crouched down as unexploded ordinance began popping just a few feet from where we were standing. For a few brief seconds the Marine was moved by the emotions of the day as he wiped away a teardrop from his eye. He was wemotional for just three seconds at most. He then resumed his role,