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During the French British naval engagement off the Virginia Capes in 1781, George Washington expressed how much he felt indebted to the Count of deGrasse and his fleet, and deGrasse replied that he considered himself infinitely happy to have been of some service to the United States and asked to be reserved a place in Washington's memory.
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