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To: 0beron

I believe the U. S. Army’s very first battlefield combat engagement with a Muslim force occurred in the Phillipines, ca. 1900. Other opinions, anyone?

2 posted on 02/11/2011 9:07:45 PM PST by Elsiejay (.)

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To: Elsiejay

Barbary Pirates???

4 posted on 02/11/2011 9:24:22 PM PST by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)

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To: Elsiejay

Yep, USMC had it’s first battle with muzzies but it was in Tripoli in 1801.

9 posted on 02/12/2011 12:22:01 AM PST by cunning_fish

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