HISTORY AND MUSEUMS DIVISION HEADQUARTERS, U.S. MARINE CORPS WASHINGTON, D.C.
1987
TABLE OF CONTENTS Forward iii Preface v CHAPTER 1: The Bombing 1 CHAPTER 2: Beirut I--Evacuating the PLO, 25 August-10 September 1982 6 CHAPTER 3: Beirut II--THe Mission of Presence, 29 September-1 November 1982 22 CHAPTER 4: Beirut III--An Expanded Experience, 1 November 1982-15 February 1983 36 CHAPTER 5: Beirut IV--Circumstances Change, 'Presence' Remains, 15 February-29 May 1983 49 CHAPTER 6: Beirut V--Disaster Strikes, 30 May-19 November 1983 70 CHAPTER 7: The Investigation 106 CHAPTER 8: Beirut V Goes Home 111 CHAPTER 9: Beirut VI--End of the USMNF, 20 November 1983-26 February 1984 116 MAPS: Beirut and its environs x Route taken by terrorist bomber, 23 October 1983 2 Tactical diiispositions of 32d MAU, 25 August 1982 14 The zones of the Multi-National Force, September 1982 29 APPENDICES: A. Chronology: Marines in lebanon, 1982-1984 149 B. Marine Command and Staff List 154 C. Foreign Multi-National Force Units 161 D. Remarks by the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Senate Armed Services Committee, 31 October 1983 163 E. Long Commission Conclusions and Recommendations 172 American Deaths in Beirut 178 Unit Commendations 185