thedrifter
10-01-08, 08:02 AM
Retired Marine begins remembrance walk today in Virginia Beach
08:01 AM EDT on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Reported by: Carl Leimer
A retired Marine Corps Sergeant will begin a remembrance walk Wednesday to honor more than 200 American troops killed in a terrorist attack on U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon in 1983.
Paul “Doc” Doolittle will start his journey at the VFW on Bowland Parkway in Virginia Beach and 22 days from now he will end up at the Beirut Memorial at Camp Lejuene on the 25th anniversary of the bombing.
Retired Marine Doc Doolittle has taken it upon himself to make sure that those who died are not forgotten in this special anniversary year.
October 23rd will mark a quarter century since the deadly terrorist attack on the marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. 241 service members were killed, most of them Marines.
Doolittle’s remembrance walk from Virginia Beach to Jacksonville, North Carolina is a total of 271 miles. That equals to one mile for each service member killed in Lebanon from 1982 to 1984.
Doolittle spent time in Beirut himself as a marine security guard.
Though he didn't know anyone that died in the attack, he still feels a tie to his fallen brothers and wants to honor them and their families.
"I've met a number of family members online and have never met them personally but in about 3 weeks I will have face to face contact with people who lost someone that day," said Doolittle.
Organizers hope to give Doc Doolittle a big sendoff.
They are also collecting donations of $10 or more to help pay for expenses, and raise money for a couple of Marine charities.
Video
http://www.wvec.com/video/index.html?nvid=288245
Ellie
08:01 AM EDT on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Reported by: Carl Leimer
A retired Marine Corps Sergeant will begin a remembrance walk Wednesday to honor more than 200 American troops killed in a terrorist attack on U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon in 1983.
Paul “Doc” Doolittle will start his journey at the VFW on Bowland Parkway in Virginia Beach and 22 days from now he will end up at the Beirut Memorial at Camp Lejuene on the 25th anniversary of the bombing.
Retired Marine Doc Doolittle has taken it upon himself to make sure that those who died are not forgotten in this special anniversary year.
October 23rd will mark a quarter century since the deadly terrorist attack on the marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. 241 service members were killed, most of them Marines.
Doolittle’s remembrance walk from Virginia Beach to Jacksonville, North Carolina is a total of 271 miles. That equals to one mile for each service member killed in Lebanon from 1982 to 1984.
Doolittle spent time in Beirut himself as a marine security guard.
Though he didn't know anyone that died in the attack, he still feels a tie to his fallen brothers and wants to honor them and their families.
"I've met a number of family members online and have never met them personally but in about 3 weeks I will have face to face contact with people who lost someone that day," said Doolittle.
Organizers hope to give Doc Doolittle a big sendoff.
They are also collecting donations of $10 or more to help pay for expenses, and raise money for a couple of Marine charities.
Video
http://www.wvec.com/video/index.html?nvid=288245
Ellie