From Human Events:
February 16, 1804
First Barbary War
On this day in 1804, Lieutenant Stephan Decatur led a small contingent of U.S. Marines in a raid upon the captured U.S.S. Philadelphia, setting it ablaze and preventing its use by the Tripolitan Navy.
February 16, 1804
First Barbary War
On this day in 1804, Lieutenant Stephan Decatur led a small contingent of U.S. Marines in a raid upon the captured U.S.S. Philadelphia, setting it ablaze and preventing its use by the Tripolitan Navy.
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