Original U.S. 1983 Invasion of Beirut 24th Marine Amphibious Unit Grouping Nepalese Cache Extras American Prisoner of War Information

American Prisoner of War Information Bureau

From the division standup at Camp Gruber until the division stood down in Austria

with prisoner number 84 stamped on the left

which appears to be "Bob Sanders" but we cannot quite make it out

Overall a very interesting German WWII M35 helmet

Original U.S. 1983 Invasion of Beirut 24th Marine Amphibious Unit Grouping Nepalese Cache Extras American Prisoner of War InformationOriginal Item: One of a kind set. In May 1982 the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) and served twice as part of the multinational peace keeping force in Lebanon (October 1982 through February 1983, and May through November 1983). The 24th MAU lost 241 personnel in the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing. This was the collection of the veteran that earned the decorations and brought back a piece of concrete with black marker written on it that reads: OCT