For naval enthusiasts and historians, there exists a unique opportunity on the Philadelphia / Camden waterfronts of the Delaware River. There one can physically walk through nearly a hundred years of naval history and technological development.
Berthed on the Pennsylvania side of the river are the cruiser USS Olympia and the submarine USS Becuna (see first picture). Just a couple hundred yards away on the New Jersey side sits the battleship USS New Jersey (see second, or bottom, picture). Having completed their service to the Navy and the nation, all three retired
On the morning of Sunday 23 October 1983, the city of Beirut, Lebanon was rocked by two powerful explosions. Suicide bombers sponsored by Iran and Syria detonated two massive truck bombs outside the barracks of U.S. Marine and French Army peacekeepers, killing 299 and wounding nearly a hundred. Thirty years later, we remember the incident that led to the withdrawal of the international peacekeeping force from Lebanon .
In August 1982, troops from the United States, France and Italy deployed to Beirut, Lebanon on a peacekeeping mission. U.S.
