Colonel Philip G. Wasielewski USMCR(Ret) served on active and reserve duty for 30 years as an infantry and reconnaissance Marine including mobilizations for Afghanistan and Iraq. He recently retired from a 31-year career as a Paramilitary Operations Officer with the Central Intelligence Agency.

 

Articles by Philip G. Wasielewski

Burn Philadelphia

By Major Philip Wasielewski, U.S. Marine Corps
April 1997
U.S. Navy Captain Edward Preble determined that the Pasha of Tripoli would not retain his prize for long and set the ship on fire.