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Today we mark the anniversary of the Battle of Derna, a pivotal moment in the First Barbary War. In 1805, 1st Lt. Presley O’Bannon and William Eaton led a diverse mercenary force on an arduous 521-mile desert march to the Tripolitan port of Derna, initiating a daring land assault

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