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The "boots-on-the-ground" truth from those who were there.

FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY

This poignant, intensely personal, film will chronicle the United States Marines presence and operations in Beirut, Lebanon from 1982 to 1984.

IN MEMORIAM

This project is dedicated to the members of the United States military who made the ultimate sacrifice in Lebanon between 1982 and 1984, their Gold Star families and surviving comrades-in-arms, as well as the United States Foreign Service, Multinational Force members, and our Lebanese allies.

HISTORY PRESERVED

From rarely discussed deadly firefights to the terrorist bombing that took 241 lives - the single deadliest attack on American Marines since the Battle of Iwo Jima - this film will feature those who served, political and military decision makers, and the journalists who documented the chaotic state of affairs in the region.

TIMELINE

Interviews for WE CAME IN PEACE are presently being conducted.

The target date for the completion of WE CAME IN PEACE is October 23, 2023, the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps Battalion Landing Team 1/8 Headquarters and French paratrooper detachment barracks terrorist bombings in Beirut, Lebanon. 

PLEASE HELP

Please consider making a tax-deductible donation in support of 

WE CAME IN PEACE to the American Brother Foundation, www.americanbrotherfoundation.org , a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created in honor of Sgt. Mecot Camara, one of the 220 Marines killed in the October 23, 1983 Beirut Bombing.

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Still GALLERY

Supported by the American Brother Foundation 

https://americanbrotherfoundation.org/

    PRESS & LINKS

    Leatherneck Magazine

    Beirut Marines Find a Voice in Forthcoming Documentary Film

    By Sara W. Bock

    https://mca-marines.org/blog/leatherneck/we-came-in-peace/

    Marine Corps Association Scuttlebutt Podcast

    Scuttlebutt Ep 58: “We Came In Peace” Talking About Beirut And Making A Documentary

    https://mca-marines.org/blog/2022/10/23/scuttlebutt-ep-58-we-came-in-peace-talking-about-beirut-and-making-a-documentary/

    American Brother Foundation

    Serving Our Veterans & Military Families

    https://www.americanbrotherfoundation.org

    Beirut Veterans of America

    The First Duty Is To Remember

    https://www.beirutveterans.org

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    Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.


    Matthew 5:9

    CREDITS

    Photos/Video courtesy: Michael Cerniglia, US Department of Defense, Ronald Reagan Library, USMC, AP Photo/Zouki, AP Photo/Bill Foley, Danny Joy and The National Archives. 

    Special thanks to: Jake Schneider, Mark T. Hacala, Jeff Hamman, Richard Truman, Myron Kyle, and Don "Gunny" Inns.

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