The victory made JPJ a hero on both sides of the Atlantic, a symbol that the infant United States could carry the war to the mightiest navy on earth and win.
To this day, the US Navy calls John Paul Jones its father, and it teaches new sailors his answer from that burning deck. Remember September 23, 1779, and the man who was sinking, and on fire, and outgunned, and answered a demand for his surrender by saying he had not yet begun to fight, and then proved it.
Don’t Give Up The Ship!
Obi-Two (Sir Zephyr, BKotV)
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