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美国英雄集锦 0. Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was a soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Widely considered Americas first spy,[1] he volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission, but was captured by the British. He is best remembered for his speech before being hanged following the Battle of Long Island, in which he said, I only regret that I have but one life to give my country.[2] Hale has long been considered an American hero and, in 1985, he was officially designated the state hero of Connecticut.[3] A statue of Nathan Hale is located at the headquarters of the CIA in Langley, Fairfax County, Virginia, [4] and also at the Federal Triangle in Washington, DC. Captain Nathan Hale was born in Coventry, Connecticut in 1755. In 1768, when he was thirteen years old, he was sent with his brother Enoch to Yale College. Nathan was a classmate of fellow patriot spy Benjamin Tallmadge.[5] There is a long history between Yale and the intelligence service of the United States, the CIA in particular. This connection still exists today. [6] The Hale brothers belonged to the Yale literary fraternity, Linonia, which debated topics in astronomy, mathematics, literature, and the ethics of slavery. Graduating with first-class honors in 1773, Nathan became a teacher, first in East Haddam and later in New London. After the Revolutionary War began in 1775, he joined a Connecticut militia and was elected first lieutenant. When his militia unit participated in the Siege of Boston, Hale remained behind, but, on July 6, 1775, he joined the regular Continental Armys 7th Connecticut Regiment under Colonel Charles Webb of Stamford. He was promoted to captain and in March 1776, commanded a small unit of Lt. Col. Thomas Knowltons Rangers defending New York City. They managed to rescue a ship full of provisions from the guard of a British man-of-war. 1. Paul Revere 纵马提灯飞奔报信英军偷袭的英雄(bap. January 1, 1735 [O.S. December 22, 1734] – May 10, 181