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To: ansel12

The quote is

‘I Have Not Yet Begun To Fight’

September 23, 1779 — John Paul Jones, the war hero known as the father of the US Navy, achieved a dramatic victory against the British on this day.

John Paul Jones was born in Scotland and then went on to fight for the Russians against the Turks at the urging of Thomas Jefferson.


34 posted on 06/15/2024 11:30:21 AM PDT by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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To: Boiler Plate

They still taught that when I was in school.


36 posted on 06/15/2024 11:53:58 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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