Studies
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BEIRUT DIARY
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1 ,nt workn tXOtrarna lultu On Sunday. IT
April, mv oflkwiia, uneipecltdti law Into frNIul Hr and Imuledrndimtll dinrvartilr* II it*wo ulna nation off ran and Ihrii wfvcj weir aboai daltabled lo we Bob. who had not beta In tain*ad ha waa aahitiialad k> be backto lab rhai thinadmainly Maronlt* buMsatan Ha aaautad ma hr raid frlori- ol labanon
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Bob <alkaarly thai ncmra to an**to aupoa>hia buanaaaman friend nl bri Wf larrr to meet at tha Ma viewer at IftU
Mv control ofVti-rxmmin offloir HaafarTaraned tor wH drive to Sadon lor ihe day with ona of Ml local rmployn and afilend. Janln doom, manikin to mo that harather ran v.inor but rhroiuc haarl condition ofctrna op
AlInook at Demur and the many other
dnlcv.nl vilLaiaa on ihr way. thinklns how. Mprrklallr. that IMeaphar. luroblrdewo buJdlrau in many ihud world count-vi
Ala we are bnabani aa etaboreir Inarb. owi hoatew tela in there baa baninion al tha Enteral Sbr baa known for aa hourall, kjtaniad to mln oar lurch Sbr umiiuwrvvwrnad way. aodoroaa bat of Maine attuthci (urat (Una in to remind m* lhat that bap-prat toM 'all theaaa weed toith net laawaaB ia uui aowwrna> tiwo liwcar and nrchtihtfitlom are banaa lalhat bhati we dm*oo* al tha ruined lowni around mairth eve Now ihrv ara arraly
Once in Hrlrui. wa Hop at laoin'i flat lo pxi up hll tadtorum
the bakorifi wa tM no mokt, nothing nnunl In tha dlrrdion of Ihr
EnOMr. which give* ai hove Hunt sends Inradio message lo all mikvu. Usllnt'e and sound. Thenbegin our trti-mlnule walk to tho Fmb*ny. Theordoned oftf Marine andr^ Aimed Form checkpoints set up Out local employe and visitor are turned back at tne Bnt checkpoint Wc wUh them (iodlpeedidi? on with mounting agony to Ihrlhant
A hundred yard) from the fcmbanv.atch light of tha newilitary officer Eilson. who had been In the Embassy at the time of the blast Hp ihikei hi! head and nyi henow but that many poocJc haveoo* to Cod thai Bob Amn had bet* outstde at iwilnu We walk on
You kava all seen picture* o( aw Embassy. Bv ihro} bulldo* ert and (Hearing machine! are already itatch lhe deputy chief of minion. Bob PUfh, and ask If any tpcctal Inslnamonsbeen toued for Aifticy people, hoping to he (old thai Aeries waa directing our efforts from war by Pugh shakes hW head and rtptatt EDion't news. That*wttnt at tht Pughs' Sat Inuildirg Durrafordhundred
I remember very Holeo lo our hotel, tookessage (rein Bob. leave one for him. should be return.
Al theec tbe walking wounded, and search Iornow. Thank Cod. Imany of (htm. The atmosphere Ii calm, tightly controlled Wc ate all looking to Bob Pugh. who ha" taken mrnmanrfour open hnc lo the Department hat been act uo al lhe Draperal in lhe "new" badMiM in ihc Durrafctd complct
Al 1VW Jantnalk back to Ihc Embaaty Yellow bolldoim arclo dear the huge nth of nibble al the baae of lhe Embauy. The [root lef! halt ol the Emtusay's center section no lenses eiau The reinforced concrete Boorilien away, hanging on only bv theirth on
Miilnei, construction work en. security officers, and Embatty faff are miliag around under the spotlights toting aannticd. but controlled
It occurs to me that Bob may br in the hrapxjl.rag Janln off 'n Amer.ean Unt-rrnty Hospital Tne emergency room ia crowded withpeople, aruimu relatives. The tuf ts doing an escelleot job of crmtrojlim the madness and gelling people teen to.
An ordcrlv holdsot of admitted wounded We scan It. see one name we know, but not Bob's. Wc then go through Ihc Due of individual admit dips. .Vjlhlr.a. Inurnet. Nothing. In mynow already.
At the emergencyee two friends who are hurl but will be allAIDommerceromise to make phone calls home lor
0 we return tobasry- Nothing has rhingrd eicept thai tear gas cinutcn stored in the Embauy arepproach the rubble bo start searching only lo drop backu
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Bob Paget poantaoutbody pinned balaccn two Boorsnand n> outIk* iaaighstfclith*rotaai1 con and ambuiinceii ray era oa the badyw in id M. la took lee Bob Anvcs.
It gets ilowly fwloVr aa ihe hours "ear oa. and we coaliraafad. staring hungrily tint ti th* body suspended hen at the heap of rubble below
Irlend. who hu heroically and steadily dlinctsd clearing and rescue cflorU. standing hunched and alone In an (anply space adder ihe londhghti We cryllHto and hold on lo each other
I return a* ibe edae of tha darkaeas. chatlmg enasousiy wKh hgds, Memaaa. aad
Than* Cad lor bar Marines aad these commanders- aj rataBmt men. One wrana meu blanket, form era id id Another says the men have bruuiht coffeetile food,etch for thtan't bear to to loo far away, for fear Bob'i body will be foundm (one.
Tuesday
rctic dawn to ill oa lb* law wall tn front of lhe risnbnaiy So badtoa ot -ouadedaa- puBed oat dace at bant IMO Monde. Wsea wdl It baaM* Sarrly they on* ba kecught out <ooc
A fnendalk to hit Bat to aaatckci. and while there hahone cal) from ihc Tunisian maid of one of the Italian cou(toi--net(he* <he nor we it ir* station wises have any word. They ire not al thed is clear lo me that theirnesead ll was the first day at work In Ihe station (or one wtte
kaauireak to call lhe Department from the Diaper fhsi astb asrsassje. for ear law*ft aadJiJ fneads lasaaW David Wrlch irowers IhcamaW race hehja make the arena mare real Marmes are everywhere in ihe Damford com pie i. lo ceotecl Pugh the Wafferii aad lhe Drapes Mission
Wc return, shivering, lo uur si (he peiunclei lo asll
Suddenly,om mot son at the rubble heap People dusterody has been found My beast skipsarrw Chrnrwe Ceocker waves mr wt. and asks me as tderwly the bady hseaa and one cebn see holding lathi aa Is my4 briefsas headed his passport and walcl
Tha onlythat seems lo nutter is that Bob not be krft without the presence ol -view who knows ham An Embassy offices reminds meustll his papers
My demands to ride wHh the ambulance to Ihe marine nr detectedoatow the amWksnce wiih janin In his auto
As wel the morgue0derac farces try Id keep tne out. waving lanstead They left me- itmopinro them, dimb over lhe railing, and go la Curiously, the preface of Ive
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Whiidrive by myarh* la the airport it night to pick upind that QUon and Auinint DAOigtehirdl are concerned about me driving alone, and their car pulb up hnimerge (ram mine Weew been and rein In thee wail lor the fight It ii good to ate familiarrop off the TDY fotb al the Mi,Bower Fllwnake supperrive him home, wonderingill mikeack to the Sal.o, the Idea of remaining alone and unguarded Ktrldeio to itay at the OCM'l realdence at the Durraford.alk on into the nlghr
Wrdrvriday
0 we are told that the body of Ihe COS hat been found Kmd irmior Embassy people are dispatched to lee hit wife.
Later in the morning mote bodtes are reentered- We get wordirgr senior delegation is coming Thursday nigh to take the bodies home,reat shudder runt through us all as we fear for iheiim no longer afraid of being ini pod at or my Bat bombed, eirept for lonefy momentsew rmplvo about my morning raunds of hosortal and meetings it Push'snow that the mission has had other telephoned bora*The not one will be bigger than them fatal litiraltv .MrouMed
m in the outside garage area of the Durraford Complei. sldl heavily guarded by Marines, when we hear three ahoti Bred on ihe Corniche northwest of the compound Allota sudden lam rooted lo the ipot. notwhether to Bee the compound as quickly ai possible or makelait ditch lUnd where ai lean the Marines have weapons. The Idea of itaying any longer in Beirut seems shockingly arrogant and wasteful of humanear tome of ihe iradien looking up at Ihe surrounding buildings, muttering about posvbV snipero not know whether they speak aboul "ours" or "theirsm tick with fear. Theeant ioout id the complei inew minutes and no one know* what he will encounter on the Corniche Nonetheless, he cannot give in and his cars iperdonder how he can carry on in such danger
I think of fanlneart condition in the hospital under threatomb attack and wonder whetherafer to pull him out orhim inlumblr out of the compound into my car, having persuaded sume nearby mm to accompany me. Nothing in light on the Cornkhe. Later ae hear lhat one Lebanese checkpoint scidier has beenuspect it was an accidental shooting by one of his comradeso not know.
At Ihe evening meeting al thewe worry thai the VIP plane will depart in too muchush, thai there are more Americans' bodies yet to be found Pugh agrees to recommend lhat the Bight be postponed to Saturday
I an foldill accompany Bob's body, andm honored to doI ihr ink from the thoughts of my own lovedho will want to see and talk tuo not want to begin thinking ind tallin* about my feelings.
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in theo toamerican unl.ersuv hcaptul.nder heart guard noon*alkrwad to park new lh< bulktlngx theouting in and out and lh4nk how easy ii wouldhout thai Ifron the anuretten emban* and no re* even checks my ba*.
on* oto packtation cancer's toon it thta herb about mvremble the wholeea than and cannot pot oast loo cruteuy mai bower ttal impioiccs cow mi to ask aa* far infer malum skoal ihrli smuauiuuvm they are aenuine'y grlr>el aad to laaanged hat a* tecoeapber to the btanb**.
Iack to the nit. aad -iiefc the bardfcau cut iwsy aaonr fkon from the renterad the young ofkoer who had ai<enon* lour of our militaryunit th* pfrrtana wa*k. he la bitterly cuhsitantd. saving that k* and haa men had come out here johntyte. believing, that they could save lebanon, only to find thrnwclvc* being ihot al by the tiraelu md bombed by the arabs he ii of lhe opinion that we should withdraw ind i" the people here egm il out among themselves "they deserve each otherlait week he rhowed memuui srut where captain johruc* drew hu revolver at an laneh lank. he known johnson we* and wadr aoberon* who would haveunt hie thai"mil good rrauon
both the rught are geana they bold an al taartharbgoken and wama and very ebwwrunite eat aa her braetrlalrampled tfcncas) by fwwdru of bsei*ra sadraaimreat comfort te everyoneorwandy serving meek lo all tomen one maris* (ggggal comments to me how outstanding our commuraralort have been threcahout iha crni*
I go out on ihe atrcct to do nnr shopping the real of lhe city teent very normal how can they hva so routinely throught must twot them
i finally run outings to do. and BH al lhe pugha' atarlng ma lhe <Ls-lance hoping thai someone will give mesob soo not hare loarine officer who spent several yean lighting in vietnam idb me kindly thai hemrdnd lajorden narack bedroom in the fughs thank the lord fur people who ar* so stroag and gentle
m aahad ta go through toeoa* af lheoi-seers and tookrive eat ta tha pitch black wonymg that their apartment f> beinghng to mv walbie lilkie.or anyun* abandon the car in the beirut traffic and walk lhe kut quarter mikrha concierge acccmpanses menform him and the nragbbon and again feelo through the apartment. uembttag. hastily
ai longm near themt jantn. the young american who acrompenled as ton the room ht is gleefully telhnn ua about hit
secret inp up to Tripoli.n more Ignorantbout this country and forbriefate him forupidJV endangering
himself.
1 trudge back into th* Pughe*eavy armload of tbaad collected and moat appeal to be light on the edge aiet from VWraun.eaving for dinner with friends, pulli me out Ihe door and tellseed to gel out and enjoy my re If The four of ui go to in llilian restaurant ind quietlyot to drink Later In the evening, thii pillar of alrength gives way and begins to cry very hard
Friday
We are on edge as the delegation visit begins. The station people will all be inovrd up to Varte tonightrivate rnccting with John MeMahon
I vait tbe hosoital while ihe delegation is abo there, and see Jots of seeps with Marines surroundlrai the place Thar have been out*potae but determined to do their fob and protect us Janln will be rekrasrd tomorrow.
We assemble at Vane In the Ambassador's itudy.ew words and we all order drinks The survivors ar* holding up remarkablypart thanks to one Embassy eScet who has barely eaten or slept in fourcontinues loock.
The widowste driven back down in an aimored Suretrm (be last to be dtopped offote that the driver has an automatic tucked under his leg.lump dnwn in the ear lo keen mv head hr* At we drive down th* Cor niche toward Ihehr first LAP checkpoint refuses lo let my Sisrete driver throrsgh. Cursing the imbecility of thealk along the silent moonlit Comiche imaginingerfectresent.
I have gotten Med to the idea of departing tomorrow morning, and am suddenly told thaiill not be on the phtye.
Saturday
In ihe morning theoe departurem shocked to tecmall group we In fact art.umbering. bt* bellied plan* that warns to occupy the whole run-s. The Marine, Navy, and Lebanese Armed Forces noncenMarine contingent commanded by my captain from the Military Asttstancr Unit Again, il is brilbantty hot and sunnym thankful for an cicuse to pal on my suiygtyjirt W* file past the press caltlewagoro to stand at our appointed placet The click ofll that can be heard. Soon the VIP delegation walk) up and the ilow. slow, coriege ot hearses begins. One bynd twoIks each casket up Into Ihe bcily of the plane After the first two hearsescalkedn unbearably loni. hot wail fee another. Where ore they? The slrsia begir* lo show on everyone but ihe honor guard. Finally the airlvak resume. It it
I in>*sieii or* draped wiih Bags andon't know ohose Ihev ait People bog Ineat control only when the laH caahtt arraigns It It carried by Ha*t ihr etfremelv well liked .ourw Marine who it being catrled la
Tbe plant npawi1 un of hot aad cold alt la oar facaa a* *up urlei-mutably for dewrture Sena ef at b* behind on the war back io thr buaat ao that can awtaV the planehapes nyan twice ray aaa beaste and been ten oaky nanb.
I antofd bv ny oncer fron VI tenia thata WntHi at aaeVetUnd bow powerful the bant wai urdeai you go Dub the bin king, tttnd tear the tar* where lhe car war parked, ind look up ando aad lhe rnomKy of tho bomb hiu ne far the fJMook straight up and tea nothinghaft of blue iky The eeorntom upward Force ol the thing wasookm standingale of rabble. To one sidemi kola that eslends down al wailook out toward lhe sta and seeew eye the bum! and crushed ran. tha rsilini along Its* sidewalk that was blown into the sea. and the treat hunks ol reioforced concrete lylruj around me
Meanwhile, concernsan! attack am mounting One of my Marine offices IrVrnda la chaaajng has rental car eveey other day andarefully each time before be get* in. Lebanese Armed Forces guards are snared al the major military hoteb Concertina wire tanas iheSomebody even derides lo iratal speed buenps at lhe wewrrn rod of the Cnraacheeare gotoernftaMtbumEs arc easier taagb need than low
I dene up lo Bibim and founsehi with aa annrhet perfect dayant lo de something reasonably normal We alalleed of goeii and lhe aya and we slart to regain our leelirun al nornalcy.e-mit thai ihesually cioaded at thai liuie of thr day. and -on-dees ifancse know something we don't Then we hew shots down below and the ominous, tnilousdoud returns. On our drive back to Beirut, we stop for orange Mia and sea Us ot seven trucks carrying ahernudv Christian mllltla and Lebanese rngulars. hurrying toward Beirut Soldiers appear by the ttdr of the road, are picked op by tans, and speed of We never bed out what heskaptsenad
Monday
SomaIron theM ATI bat two al the motorwar*gpngag
Hailed in the eastern Mediterranean after its owner went baakruc*as towed intoather that clouds c< piracy and theft hang over (he Alp. which itunty balk berety aBoat. but someone in ihr Department bad the bright Idea thatshould get these can Soheen! dawn tu Beirut lanln sprndi the day clambering in and out of tht tlsmy held, persuading Oust cent to git tu theope that lack of armor un other can aon'l gel anyone killed
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Securitythe Charta aad Cadmra Hotrticdey they tend biarof earth erased da? two of lkm tt the boor* oflaitlf-apaed.inntcrmawdoar bonbon. TTaii lUI'mi muni haa decided to Tii' Klnatif acsroa.otel far oatnvde of Well bVtrut. wortlrat alooe.acking in with the Embeay only when ncccttary
Bob rush aud veaterday that esentderetlon waa bring given -i anef the apartment bualdtnaalahofhan* that wH prove toawaba and hope thai Ma nam aremeawt toman ua and wifl bar tortymv aoodbya lo ill the fotd paoghr that are here
Wedoetday
oll oa* my hotol window to th* Ernbnay on the maatdr. leHtaV awevrtghuy and fsrkuaV hthebiahe Deaefow and mat Frcao rwcr il Wki itmoa ateiu*tliaeawrarM ta lai my bach aad drive away from Beirut In the darkra
i'i honor oln jtuKful lenacr III'
MEMORIAL CEREMONY
fttmorli of ihj Ptrerlov of Central InftlVt/rnc* alMimorielbjtd al HtadquaiUn onpril IBM
We wM hareone- the asemory ofValuei -Wo. onpril ISO.than Uvea lor tbctr country The. oW In lhala* aad anhnppr land of Lebanontradleai and cowardly ael cf terrorism dirertcd uaii* oue ecaaaery IWynor ihe Srst lo mate Isupremeam they dad not dienana Theirbe robbed of niaaniri if they causa ua lo radedtoale ounelyea to the in-port mlof thia Aaeoo The (teat uaco ipend It for aoritetbirat thai oullaati H
Thefreat American novelist. HermanMel viae.said "We Americans are the poculiai chosene are the lib of llhatiteaol the world."
There aiervow.will say lhat Ihr liberation of humanity, the freedom of maa andx.hinjream They ar* riant It is tbei earn
TW he.'ies aad heroines wa honor today were aware that Beirut >as acenter Whan wnttan an Cain ear, the word "maa"uaraaraed of twolepreeentj drunr> and one rvpieaeeeiur paooie wesst as Beirut in eptte af lb* dancer bacaaae of the casrsortunily to een-tnbate to the Peace of the Middle East Wather CIA men andther parti of tha world who have accepted daasjer because of the opportunity toih* ciose of our nation namaly freedom, Justice, and peace. They are enttlled lo. and they ihafi receive, our fuH lunporl
Terrorism of tha sort we have ;int eiprrienced ilridei rwarwnry threaten lb* abole world caisuna treat ijflcrln*annot win Ill sterility haan manifestrd and rsrovrn saany tinea in hiatory In the end. coo*ruction win> out oat nontriatiuu. hope over despair, andover hale In the raemtiBie. we muni peraevete ii our tfnoale aatainU teetotum We awe thu lo abas* wba dead ta Beirut Thaaaaatf IV*dftcul' The ban* rj aewf
What happened in Beirutointed reminder of what confronts oure are nattlr* luppnrt from the fintderrl and the Congress to limit our vulrvrrabilitiea. The darater of overseas work eitends to all arvjnenti of Ihe Aaancy Often we pay too little attention lo the everyday coil of oversea! weak It it catenllil that those In the Bell know lhal we here air fully mindful of tha danani they far* aad the lecribrea thrv make, and lhal tnci hati ihr fullest measure cf support from ui
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