Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: O'Bannon banyere n'Òtù Ndị Agha Mmiri na January 18, 1801. Dị ka onye isi ndị agha nke e kenyere na, o nyere iwu ka ndị agha asaa na ndị agha abụọ na ndị agha mmiri na ndị agha nke Consul General William Eaton (1764<unk>1811) n'oge agha Tripoli nke Agha Mbụ Barbary (1801<unk>1805). N'ime ọrụ jikọtara ya na US Navy, o duziri mwakpo gara nke ọma na
Agha nke Derna, obodo dị n'ụsọ oké osimiri n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Libya nke oge a na Eprel 27, 1805, na-enye ndị Marines' Hymn akara ya "ruo n'ikpere mmiri nke Tripoli". Lieutenant O'Bannon ghọrọ nwoke mbụ welitere ọkọlọtọ United States n'elu ala mba ọzọ n'oge agha; Onye isi O'Bannon, William Eaton (1764<unk>1811), onye bụbu onye isi ndị agha, welitere ọkọlọtọ America ọnwa ole na ole gara aga mgbe ọ na-eme njem na Osimiri Naịl site na Alexandria ruo Cairo, mana ọ bụghị n'oge agha. Dị ka akụkọ ndị agha mmiri si kwuo, obi ike O'Bannon masịrị Hamet Karamanli nke ukwuu nke na o nyere ya mma agha Mameluke dị ka ngosipụta nke nkwanye ùgwù.