Richard Somers and Stephen Decatur board the USS United States as Midshipmen - 1798.
Somers and Decatur
On Memorial Day, when President Obama honored two US Marines, Lt. Travis Manion and Lt. Brendan Looney, who were roommates at Annapolis, became best friends, died in combat and are buried together at Arlington National Cemetery, it is reminiscent of two other young men who were best friends, enlisted in the Navy together and fought beside each other in battles against the Barbary pirates – Richard Somers and Stephen Decatur.
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