"Memories like Aiken's came flooding back after Israel announced on Friday that Ibrahim Aqil, a Hezbollah commander, was among those killed in an Israeli airstrike carried out earlier in the day."
"For Americans still bearing scars from the attacks in Lebanon more than 40 years ago, the killing, since confirmed by Hezbollah, feels like a belated measure of justice."
"Everybody suffered these tremendous tragedies that blew their lives apart," said Catherine Votaw, whose father Albert, 57, was killed in the embassy bombing in April 1983.
"Aiken was off the coast aboard the USS Inchon as wounded service members were transferred to a fleet of American vessels that provided medical treatment."
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