His grandfather was a ‘Beirut Marine.’ Now he’s graduating from Parris Island.
Marine Sgt. William H. Pollard, 24, was one of 220 Marines killed in the Oct. 23, 1983 bombing attack on a Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, the Marine Corps’ deadliest day since the battle of Iwo Jima. This week, nearly 41 years later, Pollard’s …