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U.S. Marines stand at parade rest in front of the Beirut Memorial in Lejeune Memorial Gardens, Jacksonville, N.C.

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U.S. Marines with the 2nd Battalion 8th Marine Regiment, stand at parade rest during the 34th Beirut Memorial Observance Ceremony, Lejeune Memorial Gardens, Jacksonville, N.C., Oct. 23, 2017. A memorial observance is held October 23rd of each year to remember those lives lost during the terrorist attacks at U.S. Marine Barracks, Beirut, Lebanon, in 1983.

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