Amid all the turmoil of 2020 and the election crap going on right now, this is a dark day in American history.

RIP to those who died in Beirut on Oct. 23, 1983. HUGE waste of life.

Was in Infantry OSUT at Ft. Benning when it happened. Weren't allowed to watch TV but we "heard" about it. I think someone got a newspaper too. It's hard for me to grasp how the country felt, as my world right then was rather isolated but I'm sure the inundation of TV news reports was overwhelming.

Guy a year ahead of me in high school was killed there, Stan Sliwinski.