Photo by Cpl. Loriann Dauscher | Marine Corps Installations East | 10.23.2025
From left to right, U.S. Marine Corps retired Gunnery Sgt. Rickey Williams, Cpl. Virgil Young and Master Sgt. Emanuel Simmons, all Beirut veterans, pose for a photo during the 42nd anniversary Beirut Memorial Observance Ceremony at the Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Oct. 23, 2025. U.S. veterans, service members and families gather alongside the community each year on......
Photo by Cpl. Loriann Dauscher | Marine Corps Installations East | 10.23.2025
Loved ones of Beirut veterans embrace in front of the memorial wall during the 42nd anniversary Beirut Memorial Observance Ceremony at the Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Oct. 23, 2025. U.S. veterans, service members and families gather alongside the community each year on October 23, to remember the lives lost in the terrorist attacks at the U.S. Marine Barracks in......
Photo by Cpl. Loriann Dauscher | Marine Corps Installations East | 10.23.2025
French soldiers speak with U.S. veterans and civilians during the 42nd anniversary Beirut Memorial Observance Ceremony at the Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Oct. 23, 2025. U.S. veterans, service members and families gather alongside the community each year on October 23, to remember the lives lost in the terrorist attacks at the U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut,......
Photo by Cpl. Loriann Dauscher | Marine Corps Installations East | 10.23.2025
Family and friends of Beirut veterans observe a peacekeeper statue during the 42nd anniversary Beirut Memorial Observance Ceremony at the Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Oct. 23, 2025. U.S. veterans, service members and families gather alongside the community each year on October 23, to remember the lives lost in the terrorist attacks at the U.S. Marine Barracks in......
Photo by Cpl. Loriann Dauscher | Marine Corps Installations East | 10.23.2025
Family and friends of Beirut veterans find the names of loved ones etched on the memorial wall during the 42nd anniversary Beirut Memorial Observance Ceremony at the Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Oct. 23, 2025. U.S. veterans, service members and families gather alongside the community each year on October 23, to remember the lives lost in the terrorist attacks at......
Photo by Cpl. Loriann Dauscher | Marine Corps Installations East | 10.23.2025
Attendees bow their heads in prayer during the 42nd anniversary Beirut Memorial Observance Ceremony at the Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Oct. 23, 2025. U.S. veterans, service members and families gather alongside the community each year on October 23, to remember the lives lost in the terrorist attacks at the U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, and Grenada.......
Photo by Cpl. Loriann Dauscher | Marine Corps Installations East | 10.23.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Ralph J. Rizzo Jr., commanding general, Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, left, and Col. Thomas Farrington II, commanding officer, Marine Corps Air Station New River, approach a wreath honoring the memory of local Marines and Sailors killed in training during the 42nd anniversary Beirut Memorial Observance Ceremony at the Lejeune......
Photo by Cpl. Loriann Dauscher | Marine Corps Installations East | 10.23.2025
Family and friends of Beirut veterans find the names of loved ones etched on the memorial wall during the 42nd anniversary Beirut Memorial Observance Ceremony at the Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Oct. 23, 2025. U.S. veterans, service members and families gather alongside the community each year on October 23, to remember the lives lost in the terrorist attacks at......
