Twice Dismissed, Never Defeated: Robley Evans and the making of the Navy legend “Fighting Bob”

By MI Digital November 22, 2025November 22, 2025

By Michael F. Fitzpatrick In the autumn of 1907, a man in crisp military uniform climbed into a horse-drawn cab and, with a curt command that comes easily to one who has spent the better part of a ha

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