Photos - US Marines use LCUs to evacuate Americans from Lebanon

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[nutmeg]

If I may echo Diogenesis' words:

Big bump for photos compiled by dennisw of American heroes.

THANK YOU, Diogenesis, for the heads up on this thread! Simply awesome...

[Musket]

I asked the same question in post #50 and was answered in post #51. We're cuttin' our own throats.

[numberonepal]

Lucky people. I'd like to ride on one of those.

[bannie]

I too feel that one is EITHER an American OR something else. I don't see how one can give their alligance to more than one nation (dual citizenships)...It seems like promising to "keep yourself only" to two husbands.

[wolficatZ]

I would not be suprised if that 91 year old is very familiar with the M2 .50.

[Grampa Dave]

Absolutely, Bravo Zulu for our Navy and Marine warriors doing what they do so well, together.

Kudos to the Lebanonese police and military for helping these people to board the LSU.

[Grampa Dave]

Great story and pictures.

Thanks for posting them.

[TheBattman]

That's not really much of an answer - it just exlains what's going on.

[libstripper]

Given the utterly horrific things that have happened in some civilian evacuations from combat zones, and what could have happened here, the U.S. and Israeli militaries have done a fantastic job with this evacuation.

[kenavi]

Perhaps a State Dept. that hands out passports like candy?

When I worked for the U.S. Passport Office, there was only some small print on the application asking people to declare if they had dual-citizenship.

The only ones who did had Israeli citizenship, and they would explain it as something forced on them as part of the "Law of Return".

Except in the case of a Winston Churchill, we should discourage it. And certainly not promote it to get Olympic medals.

Welcome back, and thanks for your work abroad in our country's interests.