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Old 02-29-2008, 15:31 PM   #191 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Dreadnought View Post
In 1983, at the height of U.S. intervention in Lebanon, about 17 ships - two aircraft carrier battle groups and two mammoth battleships - patrolled the Lebanese coastline with a Marine contingent deployed at Beirut airport.
Two BBs off Lebanon in 1983 ? No kiddin'...
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