Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Memoir of Commodore David Porter, of the United States Navy
The proof of this is, that in time of peace the navy is allowed to languish, and maintain only a precarious existence and not a single monument has ever been erected by the government to commemorate its heroes or their victories.
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