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| Keywords: Beirut Peacekeeping Chapel Sign after explosion.jpg en The sign for the Peacekeeping Chapel Beirut Lebanon during the time that U S forces were part of the International Peacekeeping Force On October 23 1983 when a suicide bomber drove a truck laden with explosions into the Marine Barracks this portion of the sign survived It is part of the historical collection at the U S Naval Chaplaincy School and Center on the campus of the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center AFCC Ft Jackson Columbia SC In the article With the Marines in Beirut published in the Fall 1984 issue of The Jewish Spectator Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff one of the Navy chaplains present during the attack wrote Amidst the rubble we found the plywood board which we had made for our Peace-keeping Chapel The Chaplain Corps Seal had been hand-painted with the words Peace-keeping above it and Chapel beneath Now Peace-keeping was legible but the bottom of the plaque was destroyed with only a few burned and splintered pieces of wood remaining The idea of peace - above; the reality of war - below <ref name chapel /> Official photo from the U S Naval Chaplaincy School and Center 2011-06-07 Archivisit U S Naval Chaplaincy School Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center Archivist U S Naval Chaplaincy School <span style color darkgreen >Morgan</span><span style color blue >Kevin</span><span style color red >J</span><sup> talk </sup> PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard Military chapels of the United States Churches in Beirut Fort Jackson South Carolina | ||||
