ON OCTOBER 23,1983, 263 MARINES AND NAVAL MILITARY WERE MURDERED BY A SUICIDE TRUCK BOMBER IN BERIUT LEBANON.THEY WERE DOING THEIR JOB THAT THEIR COMMANDERS GAVE THEM.THEY WERE DOING WHAT THEY LOVE.THEY WERE SENT THERE TO BE PEACE KEEPERS.MY SON , MARK D STRIKER WAS AMONG THE SURVIVORS.IT IS MY DESIRE TO HONOR NOT ONLY THE ONES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT MORNING SERVING OUR COUNTRY,BUT ALSO THE ONES THAT WERE LEFT IN SHOCK,DISBELIEF,GRIEF,AND BRAVERY AS THEY HELPED FIND THEIR COMRADS IN THE HORRIBLE RUBBLE THAT WAS LEFT.IT IS WITH MY HEARTFELT THANKS AND LOVE FOR ALL OUR MILITARY I MAKE THIS SITE.I CANNOT FORGET THAT DAY.NO ONE SHOULD,BUT IT AT TIMES IT IS PUSHED ASIDE. IF YOU ARE A SURVIVOROR SOMEONE WHO LOST A LOVED ONE ON THAT HORRIBLE DAY, I WOULD CONSIDER IT AN HONOR TO HAVE THIS SITE LINKED TO YOURS,OR HELP YOU MAKE ONE.I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO HEAR HOW YOU HAVE ADJUSTED .AGAIN MY THANKS TO ALL OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED AND STILL SERVE TO KEEP US SAFE.YOU ARE ALL HEROES.
MARK`S MOM
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