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Description: Photo of Catholic priest and U.S. Navy Chaplain (Fr.) George Pucciarelli, taken in Beirut, Lebanon. Pucciarelli was stationed with a Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) as part of the U.S. contingent of the International Peacekeeping Force, and was present on Oct 23, 1983, when a suicide bomber drove his truck into one of the two buildings used as U.S. Marine Corps barracks, killing 241 U.S. military personnel and wounding 60 others.
Title: George Pucciarelli
Credit: http://www.marines.mil/Portals/59/Publications/US%20Marines%20In%20Lebanon%201982-1984%20PCN%2019000309800_3.pdf (Official U.S. Marine Corps Document: U.S. Marines in Lebanon: 1982–1984)
Author: Mike Lyongo / Black Star
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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