MillRatUSMC
02-28-04, 05:40 AM
We feel a little history in our bones this A.M...so here's an other bit of history...
http://www.lhd6.navy.mil/_files/history/serapisbattle.htm
http://www.lhd6.navy.mil/images/history/bhrfrigate%5Blorez%5D.jpg
"Have you struck your Colors?" Resoundingly, John Paul Jones exclaimed, "Struck Sir? I have not yet begun to fight!"
And fight they did. With newfound will, his crew delivered decisive blows from all sides and aloft. Jones' sent 40 Marines and Sailors into the rigging with grenades and muskets. Decimated, SEPARIS could not avoid defeat and at 2230 she struck her Colors.
The crew of the ship Bonhomme Richard were "Always Faithful"...
http://www.lhd6.navy.mil/_files/history/serapisbattle.htm
http://www.lhd6.navy.mil/images/history/bhrfrigate%5Blorez%5D.jpg
"Have you struck your Colors?" Resoundingly, John Paul Jones exclaimed, "Struck Sir? I have not yet begun to fight!"
And fight they did. With newfound will, his crew delivered decisive blows from all sides and aloft. Jones' sent 40 Marines and Sailors into the rigging with grenades and muskets. Decimated, SEPARIS could not avoid defeat and at 2230 she struck her Colors.
The crew of the ship Bonhomme Richard were "Always Faithful"...