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Veteran walking to honor those lost in 1983 Beirut bombing

Terrorist act killed 241 servicemen

Ed Brown walks along Highway 303 Wednesday. Brown is walking from Jacksonville, Fla.,, to Jacksonville, N.C., in honor of the families of the victims of the 1983 barracks bombing in Beirut where he was serving as a Navy medic.

Ed Brown walks along Highway 303 Wednesday. Brown is walking from Jacksonville, Fla.,, to Jacksonville, N.C., in honor of the families of the victims of the 1983 barracks bombing in Beirut where he was serving as a Navy medic.

BRUNSWICK — Few Americans these days can readily recall what happened on Oct. 23, 1983.

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