Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, USA 29th October 1983 At precisely 7 A.M., a Marine honor guard and a color guard in ceremonial dress uniforms marched into a huge hangar at the Dover Air Force Base and stood facing 16 coffins. Behind them, suspended from the beams of the hangar, was a 38-foot American flag. The ceremony was the first on American soil honoring servicemen killed in the bombing in Beirut and the invasion of Grenada. Credit: Mark Reinstein

Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, USA 29th October 1983 At precisely 7 A.M., a Marine honor guard and a color guard in ceremonial dress uniforms marched into a huge hangar at the Dover Air Force Base and stood facing 16 coffins. Behind them, suspended from the beams of the hangar, was a 38-foot American flag. The ceremony was the first on American soil honoring servicemen killed in the bombing in Beirut and the invasion of Grenada. Credit: Mark Reinstein Stock Photo
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mark reinstein / Alamy Stock Photo

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F5X9TW

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52.5 MB (6.6 MB Compressed download)

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5271 x 3484 px | 44.6 x 29.5 cm | 17.6 x 11.6 inches | 300dpi

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29 October 1983

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Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, USA

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