Today we remember the April 18, 1983 terrorist attack on U.S. Embassy Beirut, Lebanon where 63 people, including 17 Americans, lost their lives and 120 others, most of whom were embassy personnel, were wounded. On that day, Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) personnel were some of the first to respond to the attack after a suicide bomber exploded a van at the front of the embassy building. This was the deadliest attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission up to that time and is considered the beginning o