Sept 14 1982 - President-elect Bashir Gemayel is killed.

Sept 17 1982 - Phalange Militia attack two Palestinian refugee camps (Sabra and Shatila) looking for PLO militia possibly hiding in the camps.

Sept 29 1982 - 32nd MAU and BLT 2/8 along with Multi-National forces (MNF) from England, France, and Italy deployed.

Sept 30 1982 - Corporal David Regan became the first US MNF Marine to die at the Beirut Airport. 

Oct 30 1982 - The 24th MAU with BLT 3/8 relieves the 32nd MAU and BLT 2/8. 

Nov 1 1982 to Feb 14 1983 - Marines and Multi-national forces begin conducting patrols throughout Beirut.

Feb 2 1983 - Three Israeli tanks were stopped by a Marine Captain who drew his .45 caliber pistol and told them to turn back, which they did.

Feb 20-24 1983 - Acting as First Responders, the 22nd MAU provides emergency support to citizens in the mountains near Beirut.

April 18 1983 - The US Embassy in downtown Beirut was partially destroyed by a terrorist car bomb parked just outside the building. 

Aug 29 1983 - Under international pressure, the Israeli army finally began their withdrawal. Two Marines were killed and 10 wounded in Druze attacks.

Sept 6 1983 - In the early morning of Sept. 6, LCpl Randy Clark and Cpl Pedro Valle with Alpha Company were killed in a rocket attack at their checkpoint.

Sept 22 1983 -  The USS Arthur W. Radford (DD-968) fired 338 rounds from their five-inch (127 mm) naval guns.  

Oct 14 1983 - EOD specialist SSG Alan Soifert was killed by sniper fire.

Oct 16 1983 - Captain Michael Ohler was killed while calling in air support from the Spyglass 1 position at the top of the University position.

Oct 23 1983 - At 0622 a truck detonated. There were 241 Marines, Sailors, and Soldiers killed and 79 injured in the blast. Just 10 minutes later another attack at the French contingent headquarters killed 58 French paratroopers with only 15 survivors.

Oct 24 - Nov 1 1983 - There were no survivors found after October 23rd. 

Nov 8 1983 - Alpha and Echo company still in Beirut depart from the University position, they come under heavy and intense fire from small arms and mortars.

Dec 4 1983 - 8 Marines KIA by rocket attack South of the Beirut airport. 

Jan 8 1984 - Marine Sgt. Ed Gargano died in an ambush while stepping off a helicopter near the UK/US Embassy located on the Corniche in Beirut.

Jan 18 1984 - Dr. Malcolm Kerr the President of American University of Beirut is assassinated by two gunmen connected with the same group that bombed the American Embassy and Marine BLT in 1983.

Feb 8 1984 - Marine Captain Alford Butler dies in his quarters while cleaning his pistol and is the last MNF American Marine casualty.

Feb 26 1984 - At 0600 the last of the 2/8 BLT Marines and US Multinational Force depart their positions around the Beirut airport turning over control for security in Beirut to the Lebanese Armed Forces.

Apr 8 1984 - Marines from BLT 3/8 with 24th MAU arrive in Beirut.

May - June 1984 - Marine Combat Engineers from BLT 3/8 improve bunkers and barriers protecting against reported threats to the US/UK Embassy compound.

Sep 20 1984 - At the relocated American Embassy Annex in East Beirut a suicide bomber attempted to drive a van into the complex.