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John Paul Jones, who lived from 1747 to 1792, was the first to compel a foreign man-of-war to strike colors to the Stars and Stripes. He raised the United States colors for the first time aboard an American man-o-war and declared, "Surrender? I have not yet begun to fight!" In life he honored the flag, and in death the flag honored him.
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