Marine Corps Gazette Trivia
The weekly trivia question is being suspended as part of the Marine Corps Gazette web site redesign. We will continue with our book drawing contest. Please visit the book drawing contest page to enter!Last Week’s Question & Answer
Question:
On 18 April 1983, Battalion Landing Team 2d Battalion, 6th Marines provided a reaction company in response to a bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. Which U.S. building had been bombed?Answer:
The American Embassy.Source: Franks, Benis M., U.S. Marines in Lebanon, 1982–1984, History and Museums Division, Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, DC, 1987, p. 60.
Last Week's Winners
MGySgt Jim Leather, USMC(Ret)
Michael D. McAloon
Gerald R. Brookman
