Word: derna
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...sweep, he inaugurated the Balbo-built "Greatest Highway in Africa," 1,200 miles of macadamized strategic coastal road, over which Il Duce soon would drive back westward to Tripoli, the colonial capital. Before setting out he first inspected elaborate underground fortifications along the coast and flew from Tobruk to Derna, a name stirring to every historically-minded U. S. Marine...
...President Thomas Jefferson 132 years ago decided to uphold the doctrine of "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute!" with reference to the Barbary Pirates, one of whose chief bases was Derna. These pirates made but a modest living out of Mediterranean shipping. The British & Continentals considered it cheaper to pay moderate tribute than to go to the expense of routing such reasonable pirates. Not so President Jefferson. While the importance of landing the U. S. Marines in 1805 at Derna should not be overemphasized, it was a bold stroke and gave Europe a foretaste of the kind...