<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Civil_War" id="mwARk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lebanese Civil War">Lebanese Civil War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" id="mwARo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Marine Corps">U.S. Marines Corps</a> barracks in Beirut is <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombing" id="mwARs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1983 Beirut barracks bombing">hit by a truck bomb</a>, killing 241 U.S. military personnel.  A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Army" id="mwARw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Army">French Army</a> barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops.