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Stephen Decatur: American Naval Hero
June 9, 2006
Robert J. Allison professor, history, Suffolk University

Historian Robert Allison tells the story of Stephen Decatur's eventful life at a time when the young republic was developing its own identity. Born to a prominent Philadelphia family in 1779, Decatur became the youngest man ever to serve as a captain in the US Navy at age 25.

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