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Lieutenant Presley O’Bannon, USMC aka “The Hero Of Derma” and The First Barbary War (1801 - 1805)
Lieutenant O’Bannon commanded a detachment of 7 Marines, 2 Navy midshipmen and 500 mercenaries during the Tripoli campaign of the First Barbary War.
In the combined operations with the U.S. Navy, he led the successful attack in the Battle of Derna on April 27, 1805.
After marching over 600 miles through the Libyan desert Lieutenant O’Bannon assaulted and captured the Tripolitan city of Derna, giving the Marines’ Hymn its line “to the shores of Tripoli”.
At this battle Lieutenant O’Bannon became the first man to raise a United States flag over foreign soil in time of war.
Semper Fidelis!
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