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John Paul Jones' Half-Baked Raid On British Soil (1778)
It's April 23rd. This day in 1778, John Paul Jones leads the only American raid on British soil in the Revolutionary War.
Jody, Niki and Kellie discuss Jones's spotty past, and what brought him to the port of Whitehaven, where he launched a scheme to raid the town. It did not go well, but the day wasn't a total failure, as he later stumbled into one of America's great naval victories...
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