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Thread #64597 Message #1071149
Posted By: artbrooks
12-Dec-03 - 04:37 PM
Thread Name: BS: Master and Commander FSOTW reviews
Subject: RE: BS: Master and Commander FSOTW reviews
By the way, the US was at war (sorta) with France from 1778 to 1780, so that part of the story above about stopping in Jamace was likely true...I'd question the part about seizing the rum from British men-of-war and merchantmen. Also by the way, this conflict was also notable for the birth of the US Marine Corps, on July 11, 1798. The Continental Marines, whose date of establishment the US Marines of today celebrate, had been disbanded several years before.