One tree was planted for each lost serviceman along Lejeune Boulevard and the completed tree project was dedicated on March 24, 1984.įollowing the tree dedication, contributions continued to come in. A ninth grader auctioned her Cabbage patch doll and raised $1500 for the project. These students also helped to raise funds for the memorial trees and became a focal point in this effort. Martha Warren, initiated a support project to write the families of the men who had lost their lives. This became the "birth" of the Beirut Memorial.Īt the Northwoods Park Middle School, a group of classes, taught by Mrs. locally and nationally as funds began coming in to support this project. This action resulted in an immediate response from the general pubic. the Commission met and decided to seek permission to plant memorial trees on Lejeune Boulevard, the main traffic artery joining Jacksonville and Camp Lejeune to honor our fallen neighbors. The City of Jacksonville Beautification and Appearance Commission had previously established a memorial tree program to plant trees as a living memorial to deceased friends and family members. The community was stunned over the loss of these fine men. They were known as fathers neighbors fellow church members, and little league baseball and soccer coaches. Many of the victims of this atrocity were residents of Jacksonville North Carolina. The resulting explosion and the collapse of the building killed 241 Marines, Sailors, and Soldiers. This truck, like many others, had become a familiar sight at the airport and so did not raise any alarm on this morning. In the early morning of October 23, 1983, the First Battalion, 8th Marines Headquarters building was destroyed by a non-Lebanese, terrorist-driven truck, laden with compressed gas-enhanced explosives. This led to artillery, mortar, and small arms fires being directed at the Marine Corps positions - with appropriate, measured response being taken against identified targets.
Forces, along with French and Italian Forces provided a measure of stability however, as diplomatic efforts failed to achieve a basis for a lasting settlement, the Moslem factions came to perceive the Marines as enemies. On March 24, 1983, the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit, stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, received orders to Beirut, Lebanon in support of that commitment. military presence in that country to serve as a peacekeeping force in the conflict between warring Moslem and Christian factions. In the summer of 1982, at the request of the Lebanese government, the United States agreed to establish a U.S. (Click on small brochure icon to get enlargement) Beirut Memorial On Line - History | Brochure BACK |
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