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HARPER'S FERRY INSURGENCY

In July, 1859, John Brown settled near Harper's Ferry, Virginia and began, with the aid of some Kansas associates, the forcible liberation of slaves. On October the 17th he seized, with seventeen whites and five negroes, the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, and spent the next eighteen hours in freeing slaves, cutting telegraph wires, preparing defences and making prisoners of fifty white men. On October the 18th, 1500 militia and marines arrived. They surrounded the armoury engine house, burst open the door and captured John Brown, three other whites and half a dozen negroes. Eight of the insurgents were killed. John Brown was taken to Charlestown, Virginia., and there hanged, on December the 2nd, 1859.
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EDWARD BOSCAWEN

Sir Edward Boscawen was a British admiral. He was born in 1711 and died in 1761. He was the third son of the first Viscount Falmouth. In 1741 he distinguished himself at the taking of Porto Bello. In 1744 when in command of the Dreadnought, he assisted in the capture of the French ship Medee. In 1747, after commanding the Namur, in the action off Finisterre, where he was wounded, he became a rear-admiral. Having subsequently rendered useful service in India, he became a lord of the Admiralty in 1751, and a vice- admiral in 1755. He effected the reduction of Louisburg and Cape Breton Island in 1758, and in the following year chased and destroyed a French squadron under De La Clue off Lagos. In 1758 he reached the rank of admiral, and in 1760 was made general of marines.
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SIR CHARLES TOWNSHEND

Sir Charles Vere Francis Townshend was an English soldier and politician. He was born in 1861 and died in 1924. He entered the Royal Marines in 1881, and saw service in the Suakin operations and in the Nile Expedition. In 1886 he transferred to the Indian Staff Corps, and in 1891 accompanied the expedition against the Hunza and Nagar tribes. He came to prominence following his defence of Chitral for which he was awarded the CB. He was at Atbara and Khartoum in 1898 and served in the South African War from 1899 until 1900, when he was transferred to the British army, joining the Royal Fusiliers. After various commands in India, he became major-general in 1911 and commander of a territorial division in 1912. He returned to India in 1913.

Early in 1915 he was sent to Mesopotamia at the head of a division, and after gaining several victories, had to retreat to Kut, which he defended for five months.. Taken prisoner after the fall of Kut he was removed to Constantinople, and was interned in Prinkipo Island.

He was knighted in 1916 and resigned from the army in 1920, becoming an independent member of parliament for the Wrekin division, joining the Conservative Party in 1922.
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ALAIN DELON

Alain Delon is a French actor. He was born in 1935 at Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine. After various odd jobs, including being a parachutist with the French marines, Delon made his film debut in 1957.
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ALVY MOORE

Alvy Moore (real name Jack Alvin Moore) was an American actor and producer. He was born in 1921 at Vincennes, Indiana, and died in 1997 of heart failure. A comic light actor in American films and television, he studied drama at Indiana State Teachers College before serving in the Marines during the Second World War. He had a tough time breaking into movies, although he performed in local and regional live theatre. He finally found his niche in television, starring as the incompetent county agent Hank Kimball in 'Green Acres' from 1965 to 1971. He also appeared in at least thirty other television series and numerous commercials.
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GENE HACKMAN

Gene Hackman is an American actor. He was born in 1931 at San Bernardino, California. The son of a pressman who moved his family east to Danville, Illinois, Hackman joined the Marines at 16, and in four years served in China, Japan, Hawaii, and Okinawa. After his discharge, he enrolled at the University of Illinois and then attended the School of Radio Technique in New York: Returning to California, he decided to pursue an acting career and joined the Pasadena Playhouse. Hackman began his professional career off-Broadway. He made his Broadway debut in Irwin Shaw's 'Children at Their Games', for which he won a Clarence Derwent Award. His first Broadway hit was Any Wednesday in 1964, the year he made his film debut in Robert Rossen's Lilith. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in Arthur Penn's 1967 'Bonnie and Clyde', and again for Gilbert Cate's 1969 'I Never Sang for My Father'. He won an Oscar as best actor for his work in William Friedkin's 1971 'The French Connection', and also appeared in John
Frankenheimer's sequel the 1975 'The French Connection II'.
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30TH REGIMENT OF FOOT

The 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot was a British infantry regiment raised in 1694 and disbanded after the Treaty of Ryswick. They were reformed in 1697 as marines and took part in the capture of Gibraltar in 1704. In 1782 they became the Cambridgeshire Regiment and later formed the 1st Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment.
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69TH REGIMENT OF FOOT

The 69th Regiment of Foot was a British infantry regiment. In the latter half of the 18th century, the regiment won fame as Marines and served with the 'Iron Duke's' Allied Army in the Waterloo Campaign. In 1783 the regiment linked with the 41st Regiment of Foot for recruiting purposes, and became the Welch Regiment.
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71ST FOOT

The 71st Foot were a British regiment raised in 1777 to assist in the war against the colonists of America. The regiment was comprised of two battalions, the 2nd Battalion of the regiment were originally marines under Sir George Rodney.
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APPLEGATE FAIRBAIRN

The Applegate Fairbairn is an American manufactured fighting knife developed by Colonel Rex Applegate of the US OSS and Captain WE Fairbairn of the British Royal Marines as a progression of the Fairbairn-Sykes Commando knife. The Applegate Fairbairn has an 11 inch long parallel-sided stainless steel blade with a spear point and double-edge bevel ground edges. The handle features adjustable lead weights for adjusting the balance of the knife.
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