In 1805 they crossed 600 miles of desert to raise the American flag over a foreign fort
[DOC] [TLE] Battle of Derna (1805) - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Derna was the decisive victory of a mercenary army recruited and 
led by U.S. Marines under the command of U.S. Army Lieutenant William Eaton 
and U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant Presley Neville O'Bannon.