In 1805 they crossed 600 miles of desert to raise the American flag over a foreign fort
When the U.S. entered the war, he returned to the Marine Corps and was
... [DOC] [TLE] 'General' William Eaton: To The Shores of Tripoli [PAR] Nov 15, 2015 ... Their polyglot army set out for Tripoli on March 8, 1805.