REMEMBERING BEIRUT 35 YEARS LATER: Commandant Neller and Former Commandant Gray speak at today’s Beirut Remembrance
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BLT 1/8 in Beirut: BGen Ron Baczkowski, USMC (ret) — Part 2
Ron Baczkowski
BGen, USMC (ret)
Ron Baczkowski was a 1stLt assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1/8 when they went ashore in Lebanon in 1983. He joined us to talk about the events surrounding the destruction of the BLT Headquarters Building on October 23, 1983.
We’ll talk about events just before and the day of the bombing in Part 2 of this interview.
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LCPL MATT GOSPODINOVICH, USMC: 34 years after the Bombing in Beirut he takes us through that day
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ERIC HAMMEL: author of the book “The Root: The Marines in Beirut”
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BGEN RON BACZKOWSKI, USMC (ret): 1/8’s fight in Beirut & post-combat related mental health
Ron Baczkowski was a 1stLt infantry officer in 1st Battalion, 8th Marines during their 1983 deployment to Beirut, Lebanon. Ron joined ALL MARINE RADIO to discuss the situation as the BLT found it, its challenges and how the events on the ground unfolded in 1983, as well as the mental health challenges that he faced in its aftermath. An outstanding interview with an outstanding Leader of Marines.
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