FOR TOMORROW'S VISIT: MEMORIAL WALL STORIES

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06767116
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2019
• Case Number: F-2017-01475
• Publication Date: April 11, 2013

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For tomorrow's visit: memorial wall stories
VP 2.doc; VP 1.doc
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Leslianne Shedd had been serving a highly successful tour in Ethiopia when she took
leave with several friends for a Thanksgiving holiday. Her plane was hijacked and
crashed into the Indian Ocean on 23 November 1996 after the assailants ignored
repeated warnings that the aircraft was running out of fuel. According to a survivor,
Leslianne spent her final moments comforting those around her�one last act of
gallantry and kindness in the life of a truly outstanding young woman.
Thirtieth Anniversary of Beirut Embassy Bombing
Five of the names are those of CIA officers who perished on 18 April 1983, when a
suicide bomber destroyed the US Embassy in Beirut. That tragedy took more than 60
lives, including those of 17 Americans. And CIA officers were lost that day,
making it the most deadly day in our Agency's history.
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