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Today in military history: John Paul Jones sets out to raid British ships

April 9, 2021

On April 10, 1778, the Father of the American Navy John Paul Jones set out to raid British ships. An accomplished merchant sailor, John Paul Jones volunteered for Continental Navy service in 1775. He was commissioned as an officer and quickly placed as lieutenant and second-in-command of Esek Hopkins’ flagship Alfred. Jones was extremely successful … Continued

13 rarely seen illustrations from the Revolutionary War

April 29, 2020

By Logan Nye

If you’re reading this, you’re probably familiar with what happened during the American Revolution. But the heroics, triumphs, and defeats of the first American citizens have inspired artists for centuries. Here are 13 illustrations of the war tha…

The ‘indomitable determination’ of John Paul Jones lives on in the Navy

January 28, 2019

By US Navy

April is a great month to remember the namesake of one of our Pearl Harbor guided-missile destroyers, USS John Paul Jones, named for a founding hero of our Navy and proudly known by the crew and their families and friends as “JPJ.”

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