# 43 years after Beirut terror attack killed 241 Americans, rabbi recalls chaplains’ extraordinary response

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/43-years-after-beirut-terror-attack-killed-241-americans-rabbi-recalls-chaplains-extraordinary-response/
- Published: 2026-10-23T12:17:46+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T13:39:29+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/world/43-years-after-beirut-terror-attack-killed-241-americans-rabbi-recalls-chaplains-extraordinary-response
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff helped wounded troops after the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing.
- A Catholic chaplain stood beside him, despite their different faiths.
- The attack killed 241 American service members.

## Summary

On 23 October 1983, suicide bombers attacked the US Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 American service members. Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff, there to support troops as a Navy chaplain, helped search the rubble and comfort the wounded alongside Catholic chaplain George Pucciarelli. Their response became a lasting example of chaplains supporting people across religious differences.

Resnicoff had stayed with Pucciarelli rather than Protestant minister Danny Wheeler, a decision he believes may have saved his life. The dead included 220 Marines, 18 Navy personnel and three Army personnel; the Navy losses included its medical detachment. Resnicoff used his bloodied kippah to wipe dust and blood from the wounded, and Pucciarelli later covered his head with a piece of his uniform. Wheeler was the last living service member pulled from the wreckage, five hours after the explosion.

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