Remembering Benghazi

A place for risk-takers.

The “Vulgar Virgin,” a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber that took part in Operation Tidal Wave on August 1, 1943.

Benghazi, Libya, has long been a place for risk-takers.

In 2012, Benghazi was the locus of America’s clandestine effort to clean up the mess in the aftermath of the Libyan revolution.

In 1943, Benghazi was the command center of the US Army Air F…