[DOC] [TLE] Battle of Derna (1805) - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Derna was the decisive victory of a mercenary army recruited and 
led by U.S. Marines under the command of U.S. Army Lieutenant William Eaton 
and U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant Presley Neville O'Bannon. ... O'Bannon 
raised the American flag over the battery, and Eaton turned the captured guns on 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Derne: US Marines Spearhead Capture of ... - The Burn Pit [PAR] Apr 27, 2012 ... "U.S. Marines Capture the Barbary pirate fortress at Derna, Tripoli, ... As early as 
the mid-15th century, Islamic pirates from a number of North African seaports had 
made life ... other acts of precaution or hostility as the state of war will justify." ... 
15-stars, 15-stripes U.S. flag raised over Derne, April 27, 1805. [DOC] [TLE] UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS [PAR] Without the aid of references, identify significant events in Marine Corps history 
without omission. ..... first time the American flag was raised in the Old World. [DOC] [TLE] United States Marine Corps History: To the Shores of Tripoli | OCS ... [PAR] Jun 14, 2013 ... In the late 1700s and early 1800s, the kingdoms of North Africa, called ... 
PresleyOBannon ... The U.S. Marine Corps and Navy were reformed in the 1790s
, and that ... set off in March 1805 towards Derna, the easternmost city of Tripoli, ... 
It was the first time the American flag was raised in the Old World. [DOC] [TLE] From the Halls of Montezuma To the Shores of Tripoli: Presley ... [PAR] Aug 8, 2012 ... The United States Marine Corps abounds with tradition and history. ... became 
the first American to raise the United States' flag over foreign soil. ... the war 
against Tripoli, one of the Barbary States on the north coast of Africa. ... Assembly 
of the State of Virginia passed a resolution on 26 December 1805,... [DOC] [TLE] Barbary Glory, Barbary Shame - Military.com [PAR] Two hundred years ago, seven U.S. Marines at the head of a ragtag army of ... 
the Barbary deserts of North Africa to what is the eastern part of modern-day 
Libya. ... The Tripolitan War, 1801-1805, was a result of President Jefferson's ... Lt
. O'Bannon raised the American flag to the cheers of the sailors aboard the U.S. 
ships,... [DOC] [TLE] 'To the Shores of Tripoli'  The Wild Geese [PAR] Jan 18, 2013 ... The city was Derna, on "the shores of Tripoli," and the Marine hero of ... The 
Barbary Coast states of Morocco, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli ... For many centuries 
the ships of these four north African countries ... Presley O'Bannon, a 29-year-old 
Irish-American from Marshall, ... The United States Marine Corps. [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Derne: US Marines Spearhead Capture of ... - The Burn Pit [PAR] Apr 27, 2012 ... "U.S. Marines Capture the Barbary pirate fortress at Derna, Tripoli, 27th April 
1805" ... Islamic pirates from a number of North African seaports had made life ... 
In May of 1804, William Eaton, the former U.S. consul to the Barbary state of 
Tunis, ... 15-stars, 15-stripes U.S. flag raised over Derne, April 27, 1805. [DOC] [TLE] The Barbary Pirates War - txdevildog.com [PAR] Aug 2, 2014 ... For centuries, the inhabitants of present-day North Africa had made their living ... 
captured fortress, the first time the American flag was raised in the Old World. ... Lt 
Presley O'Bannon's attack on Derna was commemorated by the phrase To the 
Shores of Tripoli, inscribed on the Marine Corps' Battle Colors. [DOC] [TLE] This day in 1805  First Barbary War: United States Marines ... [PAR] Presley Neville O'Bannon United States Marine Corps Officer. He most 
remembered for being the first man to plant the American Flag on a foreign .... 
Wars of the Barbary Pirates: To the shores of Tripoli: the birth of the US Navy and 
Marines ... June 10 1801 The First Barbary War (1801-1805) The North African 
state of Tripoli... [DOC] [TLE] This day in 1805

Question: Presley O'Bannon's Marine detachment raised the American flag on the "shores" of this North African state in 1805
Answer: Tripoli