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User submit: story of friend Henry Billings and the bombing of Marines in Beirut 29 years ago (23 Photos)

Author: Rick | December 5, 2012 | In: Stories, User Submit

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"Hi Rick, my name is Samuel Dellinger, I'm a Marine currently deployed to Afghanistan and being that today is the 29th anniversary (Oct. 23,1983-e-mail got lost in the shuffle) of the Marine barracks bombing I was hoping you could do a gallery on it in honor of my friend Henry Billings (see attached picture) who is a real American hero who got his first taste of combat during the bombings as Marine infantry, he then went on to finish his 6 year contract and enlisted in the army where he retired several years ago. This is a big day for Henry as it was his first combat experience and he lost friends, and ended up in a photo behind his 30 cal. machine gun in either Time or Newsweek. This day is also a big deal to Henry as 2 years ago he suffered an aneurysm and a double stroke that have left him walking with a cane for the rest of his life. If you can post a gallery in his honor it would mean the world to him. Either way thank you for what you do and I'm a big fan of the site."
Great story (sorry for the late post)

“Hi Rick, my name is Samuel Dellinger, I’m a Marine currently deployed to Afghanistan and being that today is the 29th anniversary (Oct. 23,1983-e-mail got lost in the shuffle) of the Marine barracks bombing I was hoping you could do a gallery on it in honor of my friend Henry Billings (see attached picture) who is a real American hero who got his first taste of combat during the bombings as Marine infantry, he then went on to finish his 6 year contract and enlisted in the army where he retired several years ago. This is a big day for Henry as it was his first combat experience and he lost friends, and ended up in a photo behind his 30 cal. machine gun in either Time or Newsweek. This day is also a big deal to Henry as 2 years ago he suffered an aneurysm and a double stroke that have left him walking with a cane for the rest of his life. If you can post a gallery in his honor it would mean the world to him. Either way thank you for what you do and I’m a big fan of the site.”
Great story (sorry for the late post)


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  • John

    #5 Thats a hell of a nasty leg wound there

  • http://res-mac.com/ Kathey Lister

    Great article you've written, is this your first website blog or have you been doing this a while?

  • Joe

    There was one Army adviser that died with those Marines, SGT Ben Maxwell 63H. He was a great man, leader and husband.

  • http://blueplaidinvestments.com/ Kristel Mancini

    Henry as 2 years ago he suffered an aneurysm and a double stroke that have left him walking with a cane for the rest of his life.
    Read more at http://thebrigade.thechive.com/2012/12/05/user-su…

  • Robin

    I was there…bad week to say the least. Salute to all the men stationed there at the "Beirut Hilton"…

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