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Old 05-09-2018, 02:56 PM   #1618 (permalink)
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From the song lyric "from the shores of Tripoli" there's a message.
aerohead, I'm surprised. The message is piracy and slavery are bad.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Derne

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O'Bannon led his Marines and 50 Greek gunners with the field piece from the Argus, though the gun's effectiveness was lessened after the firing crew carelessly left the ramrod in the tube and fired it down range.
Heh.

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The 1950 American film Tripoli starring John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, Howard da Silva is a fictionalized account of the Battle of Derne.
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