[texianyankee]

Good Friday morning to all. Again, another great story.

[sasportas]

In reading through the account here of the battle between the Richard and the Serapis, I was struck by how the Marines were a part of it. Yet in recent years they have taken a path to distance themselves from the Navy. In view of this account, they are distancing themselves from their own roots.

Obviously, in this account of the fledgling days of the U.S. Navy, gaining the respect of the world by their exploits under John Paul Jones as a competent fighting arm of the United States, the Navy and Marines were one cohesive unit.

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks texianyankee.