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I was a squad leader for one of the squads group. The second group was to proceed to the pier area and "capture" the port. He briefed us, explaining our goal was to land on the beach and proceed to the main drag, where two squads would block the road to the pier. He was about 24 years old and the rest of us were between 18 and 22 years old.
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Oh yes, we wore a white armband that said "SP" (shore patrol in Navy lingo) in dark blue letters! If you have seen the movie "Sand Pebbles", with Steve McQueen, then you can envision what we looked like! A Navy Lieutenant was going to lead the "invasion".
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To this day I can only attribute my action to patriotic fervor! Looking back it was probably the dumbest thing I did in the Navy! From the first moment this "hair brained" scheme became a comedy! We were ordered to suit-up in full dress whites, with white leggings, white ammunition belts, a bayonet, a white combat helmet and black combat boots.
The only requirement was that you must have experience with the M-1 rifle and hand-to-hand combat training. The word went out through the Essex for volunteers to make the "initial invasion". In this case, the Navy was on-site quicker than anyone else and Admiral Brown ordered a contingent of four - 8 man squads from the USS Essex to deploy onto the beach in Beirut and immediately secure the port. It was always our job to bomb the beachheads and land the Marines from troop transports. Normally, the Navy was not involved in sea/land invasions. Vice Admiral "Cat" Brown became the supreme commander of U.S Forces. Marine Corp followed with about 14,000 men with the goal of cutting off all transportation in and out of Beirut and the capture of the airport and the harbor. The immediate goal for the Navy was to take and hold the port in Lebanon through a land invasion from the ocean side! The U.S.
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President Eisenhower responded by sending in the aircraft carriers USS Essex, USS Saratoga and the USS Wasp, plus two cruisers and two destroyer squadrons. On 14 July the pro-Western government of Iraq was toppled and the President of Lebanon feared there would be trouble in Lebanon and asked for U.S. The Christian Democrats were being challenged by a right-leaning faction of Muslims. There was a civil war brewing in Lebanon. We were in port with the Battle Cruiser, USS Boston. Liberty was good with lots of wine, woman and Greek dances. It was July 1958 and I was stationed on the USS Essex, (CVA-9) anchored in Piraeus, Greece. And don’t forget to thank a veteran for their bravery and commitment to defending our country’s liberty.A.C.: Fixed Bayonets. So this year on November 11, let these Veterans Day quotes help you appreciate those who fought for our country. After, in 1954, Congress amended the original Act to include veterans of all wars. In the beginning, the United States also celebrated the end of the war, but it wasn’t until 1938 that Congress declared Veterans Day a federal holiday to honor the veterans of WWI. Department of Justice, similar holidays are also celebrated in other countries - such as England, Canada, and Australia - to mark the anniversary of the official end of World War I and commemorate those lost in the war. As a reminder, unlike Memorial Day - which honors those who died defending our country - Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. With the excitement of Thanksgiving prep and the holiday season quickly approaching, it can be easy to forget why we celebrate Veterans Day.
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