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  • Postal Honors Elusive (for 243 US Marines killed in Beirut)

    10/22/2003 2:36:07 AM PDT · by risk · 12 replies · 236+ views
    Beirut Documentary ^ | October 20, 2003 | Eric Steinkopff
    Most Beirut veterans thought that the 20th anniversary of the barracks attack this year would be the time a stamp would be issued. Last year Hall traveled to Washington, D.C. and met with U.S. Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., who put congressional action in motion to support the move for a stamp. It remains in a congressional committee, said Lanier Swann, a Jones spokeswoman. "They haven't given it serious consideration and right now it's at a standstill in committee," Hall said. In the short term, postal officials have arranged for a special cancellation at Jacksonville post offices Thursday, the anniversary...