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Continental Navy first enemy capture and Marine actions noted
The report recalls the Continental Navy's first enemy capture on April 4 1776 near East Berlin and Marine participation in action on April 6 1776 with casualties. It also marks Peary planting the Stars and Stripes at the North Pole on April 6 1909 and Marines raising the flag at Pago Pago Samoa on April 17 1900.
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Bahamas
Navy
Cdr. Peary
North Pole
Pago Pago
Samoa
U. S
United States
Germany
Ohio
Marietta
Clay
Randolph
Ponce de Leon
Florida
St. Augustine
U.S
Robert E. Lee
U.S. Grant
Appomattox
Lee
Grant
Salvation Army
William Booth
Nottingham
England
Charles Evans Hughes
Glens Falls
N. Y
Edward Everett
Henry Clay
Hanover County
North Carolina
Great Britain