U.S. MARINES IN LEBANON
1982 - 1984

Benis M. Frank

NF/VG (almost NEW condition). History and Museums Division, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., 1987. Photographs, drawings, maps, cartoons, appendices, honor roll of Marine deaths, unit commendations, notes, index,

This book is a straightforward account of the deployment of Marines to Lebanon in the period 1982-1984. The story begins with the landing of the 32d Marine Amphibious Unit (32d MAU) in Beirut in August 1982 at the request of the Lebanese Government to assist, together with French and Italian military units, in supervising the evacuation of the Palestine Liberation Organization. It ends in February 1984 with the withdrawal of the 22 marine Amphibious Unit following the effective end of its mission and the nearly complete breakdown of order in Lebanon. In between is an ambiguous Marine mission of presence of 18 months' duration. Together with the British, French, and Italian members of the Multi-National Force, the Marines attempted, as "peacekeepers," to assist the Lebanese Government in achieving stability and ending the factional fighting which has all but destroyed Lebanon as a viable poltical entity. ~~~ For any number of reasons, none of which are the concern of this book, the mission of peacekeeping failed, and in the process, those who were there to help Lebanon achieve the peace so many Lebanese wanted--but too many others did not--were sorely tried and severly mauled. As a history strictly of the Marines' role in Lebanon, this book does not deal with the major, high-level decisions of the administration which put and kept Marines in that country. Nor does the book deal with American diplomatic efforts in the Middle East in this period except in those instances when the MAU Marines were directly involved. This is simply the story of Marine Corps presence and operations in Lebanon for the period concerned. It draws no conclusions.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Forward ~~~ Preface ~~~ CHAPTER 1: The Bombing. ~~~ CHAPTER 2: Beirut I--Evacuating the PLO, 25 August-10 September 1982. ~~~ CHAPTER 3: Beirut II--THe Mission of Presence, 29 September-1 November 1982. ~~~ CHAPTER 4: Beirut III--An Expanded Experience, 1 November 1982-15 February 1983. ~~~ CHAPTER 5: Beirut IV--Circumstances Change, 'Presence' Remains, 15 February-29 May 1983, ~~~ CHAPTER 6: Beirut V--Disaster Strikes, 30 May-19 November 1983. ~~~ CHAPTER 7: The Investigation. ~~~ CHAPTER 8: Beirut V Goes Home, ~~~ CHAPTER 9: Beirut VI--End of the USMNF, 20 November 1983-26 February 1984.

MAPS:

Beirut and its environs. ~~~ Route taken by terrorist bomber, 23 October 1983. ~~~ Tactical diiispositions of 32d MAU, 25 August 1982. ~~~ The zones of the Multi-National Force, September 1982.

APPENDICES:

A. Chronology: Marines in Lebanon, 1982-1984. ~~~ B. Marine Command and Staff List. ~~~ C. Foreign Multi-National Force Units. ~~~ D. Remarks by the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Senate Armed Services Committee, 31 October 1983. ~~~ E. Long Commission Conclusions and Recommendations. ~~~ American Deaths in Beirut. ~~~ Unit Commendations.

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