No way ive ever forgottent that. I had just finished a 15 month Deployment. The Gunny i worked with on CV-64 was there.
Single most loss of life besides Iwo Jima for U.S.M.C. in a day something like that.
NAVY / AIR FORCE / & MARINES were all killed.
That was Reagans piss poor attempt at making MARINES "peace keepers."
Right after that TWA Capt Testrake was hijacked & US NAVY Diver Robbie Stethem was executed on that plane.
Shortly after that the Achile Lorel cruise ship was hijacked.
https://www.navysealmuseum.org/naval-special-warfare/u-s-navy-seals-achille-lauro-mission
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stethem
Lockerbie Scotland 747 blown up after that. All on Reagan's watch.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103
No wonder i drank so much back then.