Two years after the bombing I was on station off the coast of Beirut with BLT 2/8. We were told we would be landing to evacuate civilians. We were VERY fired up and ready to go! We were hoping to get some payback against Hezbollah.
The morning we were supposed to land they cancelled it. We were very disappointed.
Pat Buchanan had a lot of White House influence around that time. Just sayin’.
I am, too! There was never any retaliation.