NBC Nightly News - 1983-10-24

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[0:00] It's Tuesday on Channel 4.

[0:05] >> [music]

[0:05] >> This is NBC nightly news reported by Tom

[0:08] Brokaw.

[0:09] Good evening. And now the number is 191

[0:13] in the Beirut massacre. 191 Marines dead

[0:17] in the explosion at their headquarters

[0:18] at the Beirut Airport. And while the

[0:20] families of the dead were being notified

[0:22] today, President Reagan was defending

[0:24] his decision to keep those Marines in

[0:26] Lebanon.

[0:27] Tonight we begin our coverage of the

[0:28] many dimensions of the story with Vic

[0:30] Aiken in Beirut at the site of the

[0:32] explosion.

[0:35] >> As each layer of wreckage is cleared,

[0:37] more bodies are discovered.

[0:42] Cranes and bulldozers shift the heavy

[0:44] concrete revealing holes and crevices

[0:46] which could hold a survivor.

[0:49] But Marines here say they don't think

[0:50] anyone else will be found alive.

[0:55] The clearing operation has also revealed

[0:57] the remains of the truck used to carry

[0:59] the bomb.

[1:01] Marine investigating teams are going

[1:02] through as much of the debris as

[1:04] possible searching for clues to the

[1:06] identity of the man driving the truck.

[1:09] Some information is already known.

[1:11] >> The man was wearing green fatigues and

[1:13] driving a yellow truck. And as he went

[1:15] by him,

[1:16] he tried to

[1:18] he tried to um pull them out of magazine

[1:21] because it wasn't in his weapon cuz

[1:22] we're not allowed to have them in his

[1:23] weapon. Tried to pull the bolt carrier

[1:25] group home.

[1:26] >> Mhm.

[1:26] >> And by the time he got everything

[1:27] loaded, the man had already exploded the

[1:28] weapon.

[1:30] >> Mhm.

[1:31] >> And there was nothing he could do. And

[1:32] he says as the man went by, he says

[1:33] he'll always remember that the guy was

[1:35] smiling.

[1:38] >> Marines in the center of the base don't

[1:40] carry loaded weapons unless the unit is

[1:43] in a state of alert.

[1:44] No one in authority here is prepared to

[1:46] discuss the lack of heavy security at

[1:48] this checkpoint yesterday.

[1:51] Today, it was heavily guarded.

[1:54] The Marines in this area live and work

[1:55] in an operational international [music]

[1:57] airport. Roads adjoining their buildings

[1:59] are used by airport and airline

[2:01] personnel.

[2:03] Some of the roads have now been blocked.

[2:06] Mobile patrols within the base have also

[2:08] been increased.

[2:13] Marines who had been out of the country

[2:14] on liberty were rushed back to Beirut

[2:16] today to help get the unit back to

[2:18] strength.

[2:21] The French have also tightened security

[2:23] as they continue to search for survivors

[2:24] in their blasted command post.

[2:28] And today French President Mitterrand

[2:30] flew in to encourage his troops.

[2:32] The Marines and the French say that

[2:34] their morale is good and that they will

[2:35] stay in Lebanon as long as necessary.

[2:37] President Reagan and President

[2:39] Mitterrand have also reaffirmed their

[2:41] commitment to Lebanon. But Lebanese

[2:43] believe that there will be more attacks

[2:45] on the multinational force, and they

[2:47] wonder how long it will be before the

[2:48] American and the French people demand to

[2:51] have their troops back home.

[2:53] The Kaken NBC News, Beirut.

[2:55] >> This is the greatest foreign policy

[2:57] crisis of the Reagan administration, and

[2:59] tonight the president is facing some

[3:00] very tough questions about the role of

[3:03] the United States in the Middle East,

[3:04] the security of the Marines there, and

[3:07] the prospects for a wider US

[3:08] involvement. As Chris Wallace reports

[3:11] from the White House tonight, the

[3:12] president tried to get a jump on that

[3:13] criticism today.

[3:15] >> Concerned that public and congressional

[3:16] opinion may now swing against his

[3:18] Mideast policy, the president today

[3:20] stated the need for Marines in Lebanon

[3:22] in the strongest possible terms.

[3:24] Mr. Reagan told a group of out-of-town

[3:26] journalists that US interests in the

[3:28] Mideast are at stake, and that the

[3:30] Marines must remain to stop Soviet

[3:32] aggression.

[3:33] >> It would be a disaster if

[3:37] a force took over the Middle East, and a

[3:39] force is ready to do that. As witness

[3:42] what has taken place in Yemen, in

[3:44] Ethiopia, and now the forces that the

[3:47] some several thousand that are there is

[3:50] in in

[3:51] uh Syria.

[3:53] The free world cannot stand by and see

[3:56] that happen.

[3:57] >> Today's statement marks a dramatic shift

[3:59] in the definition of the US role in

[4:01] Beirut. The Marines were originally sent

[4:03] there to permit the PLO to evacuate.

[4:06] They were reintroduced after the Beirut

[4:08] massacre to shore up the Lebanese

[4:10] government. But now, the president says

[4:12] they are blocking a Soviet domino theory

[4:14] in the Mideast. If the president is

[4:16] determined to keep Marines in Beirut, he

[4:18] said he has no intention of escalating

[4:20] their role and confronting hostile

[4:22] forces.

[4:23] >> We would then be

[4:25] engaged in the combat.

[4:27] We would be the combat force.

[4:30] We would be fighting against uh

[4:32] Arab states.

[4:33] >> As a security measure, the president

[4:35] said he is considering putting support

[4:37] troops, like those which were attacked,

[4:38] offshore, which would mean 300 fewer

[4:41] Marines in Beirut.

[4:42] And the president said there is strong

[4:44] circumstantial evidence that pro-Iranian

[4:46] Muslims carried out the attack. One

[4:49] official said privately, US retaliation

[4:51] may never be announced, explaining,

[4:53] "Some people may just disappear." But

[4:55] the president's main goal today was a

[4:57] selling job. White House polls show a

[4:59] deep public concern about the US role in

[5:02] Lebanon, which officials now expect to

[5:04] spread.

[5:05] Aides say Mr. Reagan is determined to

[5:07] explain to any doubters what the Marines

[5:09] are doing in Beirut.

[5:11] Chris Wallace, NBC News, at the White

[5:13] House.

[5:14] >> Syrian and Iranian government spokesmen

[5:16] tonight deny that their governments had

[5:18] anything to do with those suicidal

[5:20] attacks on the American and French

[5:21] barracks.

[5:23] We'll have more on the Beirut massacre

[5:24] story, including the families of the

[5:26] dead Marines and congressional reaction,

[5:29] when we return.

[5:31] >> Coming up, John Hart in New York with

[5:33] the stories of Marine families.

[5:36] Brian Ross in Los Angeles on the

[5:37] DeLorean tape flap.

[5:39] And Stan Bernard in Beirut on the anger

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[7:16] >> This has been a terribly traumatic time

[7:18] for the families of Marines stationed in

[7:20] Beirut. Those families have spent hours

[7:22] in front of their television sets, near

[7:24] the telephone, not knowing if their

[7:26] Marine were dead or alive.

[7:28] Today, the Marine Corps began to notify

[7:30] the families of those Marines that they

[7:32] have been able to identify and tonight,

[7:35] John Hart has the story of some of the

[7:37] families.

[7:39] >> The only way to get to us is by

[7:41] helicopter now.

[7:43] You could say we were in the middle of

[7:45] it all.

[7:46] If it happens again, we will get a lot

[7:49] more, that's for sure.

[7:51] >> Mrs. Jean Giblin of Providence, Rhode

[7:53] Island, reads the most recent letter

[7:54] from Lance Corporal Don Giblin, age 21,

[7:58] who is in Beirut with his brother, Lance

[8:01] Corporal Tim Giblin, age 20.

[8:03] She does not yet know if this letter is

[8:05] the last.

[8:06] >> They say we should hit the state by

[8:08] December 8th. And by the time we have

[8:11] done cleaning our gear, it should be

[8:13] Christmas time. I can't wait.

[8:16] Donny would write home said he was tired

[8:18] of being shot at and jumping into the

[8:20] foxholes because he couldn't shoot back.

[8:23] And Tim would write and say, "Ma, I

[8:25] don't know what we're here for.

[8:27] I don't understand it." He said, "I

[8:29] tried to read up on it." He said, "But

[8:30] it's not our war."

[8:32] >> Brian, it's fine, honey. He's okay.

[8:35] >> In South Bend, Indiana, Peggy Bayshore's

[8:37] on the phone with her husband, Ralph, a

[8:39] truck driver who is on the road in Iowa.

[8:41] Lance Corporal Brian Bayshore is 20.

[8:44] >> And a photographer in Beirut was talking

[8:48] to several of the boys cuz we even saw

[8:50] on

[8:51] uh news

[8:53] and they were giving these boys were

[8:55] giving these

[8:56] photographers their home telephone

[8:58] numbers so they could call their parents

[9:00] and relay the message that they were

[9:02] okay.

[9:03] >> Private First Class Royal Relvis, 19, of

[9:06] Philadelphia, was due to leave Beirut

[9:08] November 9th. He was killed Sunday.

[9:10] Today, his father said he told him not

[9:13] to go.

[9:14] >> I told him every day.

[9:16] Royal, don't go.

[9:18] Royal, don't go.

[9:21] Every time they tell me, "Father, I love

[9:23] you."

[9:26] >> If [clears throat] it's a help,

[9:28] something,

[9:30] you know, but it's not help, you know?

[9:32] It's not help.

[9:33] It's a waste of lives, you know? So many

[9:36] lives already.

[9:38] >> In Minneapolis, Lance Corporal Jay

[9:40] Tishmack's girlfriend read his last

[9:42] letter on the day his family was told he

[9:45] died Sunday. He was 19.

[9:47] >> In this one he said to me

[9:50] I can't wait to come home for Christmas.

[9:52] You know, I miss you so much.

[9:55] He said I'm scared down here, but I just

[9:57] know everything's going to be okay.

[10:00] >> Jay said he'd be home in 30 days. I got

[10:02] a letter from him today.

[10:06] >> Well, Jay is coming home. But not

[10:13] >> John Hart, NBC News.

[10:18] Next, John Dancy at the Capitol on

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[11:55] >> Fresh troops to replace those Marines

[11:57] killed and wounded in the Lebanon

[11:59] massacre were on their way to Beirut

[12:00] tonight. The first elements of the

[12:02] 300-man force from Camp Lejeune, North

[12:04] Carolina stopped in West Germany before

[12:06] resuming their flight. As the planes

[12:08] were refueled, the Marines were taken to

[12:10] airbase mess halls for their first hot

[12:12] meal since they left the United States

[12:13] last night.

[12:15] Some of these Marines are going back to

[12:16] Lebanon for a second time since the

[12:18] multinational force was sent there 14

[12:20] months ago. And many, while not afraid

[12:23] they said, did express concern about

[12:25] returning to Lebanon.

[12:27] There was a lot of concern this day in

[12:29] Congress as well as member after member

[12:31] rose to question the role of the United

[12:33] States in Lebanon and what might happen

[12:35] if the Marines are pulled out. John

[12:37] Dancy is at the capital tonight.

[12:41] >> Congress is still groping, still trying

[12:43] to understand the enormity of what has

[12:45] happened and how to deal with it.

[12:46] >> If we were to pull out of there today,

[12:48] in my opinion, it would be a victory not

[12:50] only for Syria,

[12:52] but would be a victory for Russia.

[12:54] >> It is not an East-West confrontation.

[12:57] If you term it as an East-West

[12:59] confrontation, then we better not just

[13:01] send a couple Marines there.

[13:03] >> The analogy of Vietnam came to the minds

[13:05] of many. Minority Leader Byrd

[13:06] misspeaking, calling Lebanon Vietnam.

[13:09] >> We'll do everything we can to hasten the

[13:11] departure of our boys

[13:13] from

[13:14] Vietnam.

[13:15] >> Congressman Clarence Long tried a

[13:17] Vietnam-era technique, introducing a

[13:19] resolution to cut off funds for the

[13:20] Marines in an effort to force a pullout.

[13:23] >> We stayed in Vietnam for 10 years

[13:25] because we didn't have the guts to

[13:27] accept the fact that we had a defeat

[13:29] coming up.

[13:30] >> The administration sent Secretary of

[13:32] State Shultz to the Capitol. He tried to

[13:34] reassure Congress the remaining Marines

[13:36] are being adequately protected. Kennedy

[13:38] of Massachusetts was not reassured. He

[13:40] charged that someone had been negligent

[13:42] yesterday.

[13:43] >> Negligence by

[13:45] the situation which effectively

[13:49] permitted only a one century to be

[13:51] between

[13:53] uh the thousand two thousand pound bomb

[13:56] and uh sleeping American servicemen.

[13:59] >> The bombing and administration policy in

[14:01] Lebanon are rapidly becoming a political

[14:03] issue. Majority Leader Howard Baker is

[14:05] aware of that.

[14:06] >> For the time being, what I intend to do

[14:08] is keep my mouth shut and urge others to

[14:10] do the same.

[14:11] >> The only agreement here today seems to

[14:13] be that the United States ought to make

[14:15] it safer for the Marines in Lebanon.

[14:17] Beyond that, many senators are worried

[14:19] that the United States will get involved

[14:21] in another Vietnam, but most have no

[14:23] clear idea on what to do about it.

[14:26] John Dancy, NBC News at the US Capitol.

[14:29] >> And Marvin Kalb is at the State

[14:30] Department tonight where Secretary of

[14:32] State Shultz is reworking his schedule.

[14:34] Marvin, I gather that the Secretary is

[14:35] now preparing to rally American allies.

[14:37] >> Yes, Tom. He's going to leave by the end

[14:39] of this week to meet urgently, as it's

[14:41] put, with the foreign ministers of

[14:43] France, Italy, and Great Britain in

[14:46] order to coordinate their policies

[14:47] better on the multinational force. He

[14:50] implied during those talks up in

[14:51] Congress today that there may have to be

[14:54] more Marines sent to Lebanon. He said he

[14:56] would try to get other countries to

[14:58] contribute forces as well and perhaps

[15:01] beef up two existing United Nations

[15:03] groups there.

[15:04] >> Were you surprised today when the

[15:06] president made this such an East-West

[15:07] confrontation that he took on the

[15:09] Soviets so directly?

[15:11] >> Um I have to say I was not surprised.

[15:13] Every single time a president um

[15:15] requires an acceptable justification for

[15:18] any kind of military or diplomatic

[15:20] action that is risky,

[15:22] the safest course is always to invoke

[15:24] the East-West Soviet-American

[15:26] confrontation. Uh as a matter of fact,

[15:29] he also, and the Secretary of State as

[15:31] well, attacked Syria. And this at this

[15:34] point, even if the attack is justified

[15:36] from a diplomatic point of view, it's

[15:38] very difficult to get serious

[15:39] cooperation, which is required to get

[15:42] reconciliation in Lebanon at the same

[15:44] time as you're attacking it every day.

[15:46] >> Any change, do you think, in the role of

[15:48] the Israelis now in Lebanon?

[15:50] >> Uh a high-level mission is going to

[15:52] Israel, and what they're trying to do is

[15:54] to coordinate military strategy between

[15:57] the US and Israel in the event of a

[15:59] wider conflict.

[16:00] >> Marvin Kalb, thanks very much.

[16:02] The French, with the second largest

[16:04] peacekeeping contingent in Beirut,

[16:05] suffered the second most casualties

[16:07] yesterday in that suicide attack on

[16:09] their paratroop base. The French lost at

[16:11] least 23 dead, 35 more are missing

[16:13] tonight. In Pau, in the French Pyrenees,

[16:16] the flag flew at half-staff at the

[16:18] headquarters of the first paratrooper

[16:19] regiment. That's where most of the

[16:21] Frenchmen killed yesterday were trained.

[16:23] Base phones rang constantly.

[16:26] One who died, 21-year-old Jacques Hou,

[16:29] he lived in a village just a few miles

[16:30] from the base. And some who knew him,

[16:33] like the town grocer, were stunned and

[16:35] talked among themselves trying to figure

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[18:21] Soviet Union today said it has now

[18:23] started preparations to deploy new

[18:25] missiles in Eastern Europe to counter

[18:27] the new missiles that NATO is planning

[18:29] to put in Western Europe. The Soviets

[18:32] didn't exactly say what kind of missiles

[18:33] they're talking about, short-range

[18:35] tactical rockets or medium-range

[18:37] strategic missiles. They did say that

[18:39] the new weapons will go to

[18:40] Czechoslovakia and East Germany.

[18:43] Getting rid of all nuclear weapons was

[18:45] the object of a series of demonstrations

[18:47] across the United States today. One of

[18:49] the protests was at the Savannah River

[18:51] Plant in South Carolina. It makes

[18:53] plutonium for nuclear warheads. Police

[18:56] arrested and dragged away 78

[18:57] demonstrators who went limp in front of

[18:59] cars driving on roads to the plant.

[19:02] Another 70 demonstrators were arrested

[19:04] in Southern California today when they

[19:06] deliberately blocked entrances to the

[19:08] McDonnell Douglas Corporation. That's a

[19:10] defense contractor.

[19:12] And in Romulus, New York, at least 230

[19:14] people were detained when they climbed a

[19:15] fence at the Seneca Army Depot. Among

[19:18] those arrested, anti-war activist Dr.

[19:20] Benjamin Spock. Today's demonstrations

[19:22] follow a weekend of European rallies

[19:24] against the new NATO missiles.

[19:27] And the case against John DeLorean is

[19:29] completely scrambled tonight after the

[19:31] release of FBI videotapes showing the

[19:34] automaker being arrested on cocaine

[19:36] trafficking charges. Attorneys for the

[19:38] defense and the prosecution are unhappy,

[19:41] but the Justice Department is angry, and

[19:43] it has launched an investigation into

[19:45] how the tapes got out. Brian Ross

[19:47] tonight on the DeLorean tapes.

[19:51] >> The most dramatic of the FBI undercover

[19:53] tapes was made the day DeLorean was

[19:55] arrested on narcotics charges. DeLorean

[19:57] is seated in a Los Angeles hotel room

[19:59] while FBI agents, posing as drug

[20:01] dealers, open a suitcase full of

[20:03] cocaine.

[20:04] DeLorean giggles and compares it to

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[20:11] The first meeting to be taped was at the

[20:13] L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington,

[20:15] D.C., attended by DeLorean and federal

[20:18] informant James Hoffman, who DeLorean

[20:20] claims entrapped him in the drug deal.

[20:37] DeLorean's lawyer, Howard Weitzman, said

[20:39] the unauthorized release of the FBI

[20:40] tapes makes it impossible for DeLorean

[20:43] to have a fair trial.

[20:44] >> How can John DeLorean ever get a fair

[20:46] trial? Ever?

[20:47] >> The FBI tapes somehow came into the

[20:49] possession of Larry Flynt, the publisher

[20:51] of Hustler magazine, and it was Flynt

[20:53] who released the tapes to news

[20:55] organizations this weekend. Federal

[20:57] prosecutors and the FBI are now trying

[20:59] to find out how Flynt got the tapes.

[21:01] Flynt says he got them from someone who

[21:03] works for the federal government, but

[21:05] some federal authorities have told NBC

[21:07] News they think the tapes came from a

[21:09] member of the DeLorean defense team,

[21:11] Anthony Pellicano, a private detective

[21:14] hired by DeLorean who has also worked

[21:16] for Chicago Mafia figures.

[21:18] Pellicano got the tapes when they were

[21:19] given to DeLorean by the FBI. He denies

[21:22] he released them to anyone.

[21:24] >> Well, I'm satisfied that the tapes are

[21:25] still in here cuz they're still in here.

[21:27] >> Whoever released the tapes, for whatever

[21:29] reason, has clearly disrupted the

[21:31] judicial process in this case and raised

[21:33] the possibility that the drug trial of

[21:35] John DeLorean could be put off for

[21:37] several months.

[21:39] Brian Ross, NBC News, Los Angeles.

[21:43] >> Charles Harris, the man accused of

[21:44] taking five hostages in an effort to

[21:46] speak with President Reagan on a Georgia

[21:48] golf course, was released from a

[21:50] hospital today and returned to jail.

[21:52] Harris, with a beard and white polo

[21:54] shirt, was taken from the hospital when

[21:56] doctors found no evidence of heart

[21:58] trouble after he complained of chest

[22:00] pains. Harris, who is unemployed, held

[22:02] five hostages at gunpoint at the Augusta

[22:05] National Golf Course pro shop on

[22:06] Saturday. He demanded to speak with

[22:09] President Reagan. The president phoned

[22:11] Harris, who then hung up on him. The

[22:13] incident ended with no injuries.

[22:16] General Motors today reported record

[22:18] earnings in the third quarter of this

[22:19] year, $737

[22:21] million. The stock market, however,

[22:24] throughout much of this day was down,

[22:26] shaken by the Lebanon massacre, but

[22:27] toward the close the Dow Jones

[22:29] Industrials recovered to finish up a

[22:31] tenth of a point.

[22:34] At NBC News tonight, we're shocked and

[22:36] saddened by the death of a colleague,

[22:38] Jessica Savitch. Jessica and a friend

[22:40] were killed when their car crashed into

[22:42] a canal in Pennsylvania last night.

[22:45] She was 35 years old, one of the best

[22:47] known television correspondents in the

[22:49] country.

[22:50] Jessica began her broadcasting career in

[22:52] radio as a teenager and in college.

[22:55] She joined NBC News in 1977 and anchored

[22:58] her own program, The Saturday Nightly

[23:00] News.

[23:02] She also covered a variety of stories

[23:04] including the 1980 national conventions.

[23:07] Through it all, Jessica fought against

[23:09] what she called the myths of women in

[23:11] broadcasting.

[23:13] >> The The women's voices are not

[23:14] authoritative myth. The myth that women

[23:17] didn't want to look at another woman on

[23:18] television.

[23:20] It was the same thing as women don't

[23:21] want to vote for other women. Women

[23:22] don't want to buy goods and services

[23:23] from other women.

[23:24] A survey proven later on, surely they

[23:27] did. They were willing to vote for

[23:28] another woman, to to go to a female

[23:30] doctor, to have a female attorney, to

[23:32] watch a woman deliver a newscast on

[23:34] television as long as the woman knew

[23:35] what she was talking about.

[23:44] >> Next, Stan Bernard in Beirut on two

[23:46] Marine veterans of two bloody conflicts.

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[24:52] >> Get the first word on news with Connie

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[24:55] Abelson, weather with Joe Witty, and

[24:57] sports with Bill Macatee. NBC News at

[25:00] Sunrise, weekdays.

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[25:33] >> For several weeks now, NBC News

[25:34] correspondent Stan Bernard has been

[25:36] practically living with the Marines in

[25:38] Beirut. Sharing with us their personal

[25:40] hopes and fears in his Lebanon diary.

[25:44] Tonight, a special edition of Lebanon

[25:46] diary, the survivors.

[25:50] The survivors.

[25:52] They have had some sleep and have washed

[25:53] away the dirt and the smells of digging

[25:55] through a mountain of rubble for their

[25:57] fellow Marines.

[25:59] They have not been able to wash away the

[26:00] emotional exhaustion.

[26:03] Among the first of the rescue party on

[26:04] the scene were two Vietnam vets.

[26:07] They talked to us about their feelings

[26:08] and impressions.

[26:10] And they said they had never seen

[26:11] anything like the destruction and the

[26:13] carnage of yesterday.

[26:16] >> And I froze. I stopped and just stared

[26:18] at the horror that was in

[26:21] front of my eyes. I said, "Oh my god."

[26:23] And the fright that I seen and the

[26:25] people that was screaming for help that

[26:27] were pinned underneath tons of cement

[26:31] was unbelievable.

[26:34] There was still the lingering

[26:37] smoke, of course, from

[26:39] from the concrete dust. Everything was

[26:42] in uh

[26:43] pretty much in shades of uh

[26:45] of gray.

[26:47] Kind of like a an old black and white

[26:48] photo.

[26:50] If you can imagine, just no color at

[26:52] all.

[26:53] For these vets Lebanon has become much

[26:55] more difficult than Vietnam. There we

[26:57] could fight back. We went out into the

[26:59] jungles. We run our patrols. Here we're

[27:01] in a peacekeeping role.

[27:04] We're our job here is not to engage with

[27:06] the enemy.

[27:08] Or [music] with the outside factions.

[27:11] So it's

[27:13] a complete different role and it's

[27:15] a hard role.

[27:17] It's a hard role of restraint.

[27:20] If I'm going to die, I don't mind dying.

[27:24] I want to be able to fight.

[27:26] And know that I contributed something.

[27:31] But when you see human life wasted the

[27:33] way it was yesterday.

[27:35] Why didn't they come right at us instead

[27:37] of

[27:38] being the

[27:40] low down

[27:42] way they did it.

[27:43] >> Sergeant Lang was wounded in the blast

[27:46] and his anger is building as he thinks

[27:47] about the friends he lost.

[27:50] >> I thought of their families.

[27:54] What their wives are going to be

[27:55] thinking.

[27:57] What are the American people going to

[27:58] say about it?

[28:03] I I

[28:04] I truly feel we're here for a good

[28:05] purpose.

[28:08] >> Do you want to stay?

[28:10] >> Till the job is done, yes.

[28:11] That's why we're here.

[28:13] >> Stan Bernard, NBC News, Beirut.

[28:18] >> That's Nightly News for this Monday

[28:19] night. I'm Tom Brokaw. Goodnight from

[28:21] all of us at NBC News.

[28:24] >> [music]

[28:27] >> Tonight, Boone's fighting for love when

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[28:37] >> Jane Seymour is the wife. Gerald McRaney

[28:39] is the husband.

[28:40] Fighting a power stronger than their

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[28:44] tonight at 8:00, 7:00 Central and

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[28:51] >> Coming up next on the Scene at 6:00,

[28:53] anxious families of Marines stationed in

[28:55] Beirut await word