I am a Marine Corps Beirut vet: Feb.-May '83 & Oct.-Nov.'83. When I started going to the Beirut memorial here in Boston,Mass.,my son had asked me why I didn't wear my Beirut Med. cruise float jacket. I had told him that it was now a FEW sizes to small (ok,yuk it up jarheads.lol). Well,after that,my wife and 2 kids started asking me all the places I had been while in the corps and the dates. I thought that they were just humoring this old jarhead again. On X-mas 2008,they had given me my new Beirut/Med.cruise float jacket. I was absolutely blown away. They even incorporated the 9 gold stars around the '241' which represent,of the 241"brave peacekeepers" killed that day,9 of them were marines from my homestate of Mass. I am definitely one blessed husband,father and marine. I would like to thank my beautiful wife of 25yrs. Denise,my daughter Bianca,my son D.J.II for all of the love,effort,time and dedication that was put into the design of this beautiful jacket. And most definitely a big shout-out to my extended Marine Corps family "Sgt.Grit". Every single patch on my new float jacket is from Sgt.Grit. Beirut veterans' motto: "The first duty is to remember". To ALL of my 'Beirut brothers'…you will never be forgotten. Semper fi and Godbless.
The old and the new Beirut/Med. float jacket ’83.
