For years throughout the Galactic Civil war, he waged his own privatewar against the Imperials, his most notable victory being the destruction of an Imperial Ubiqtorate base on Tangrene.
在银河内战期间，他以自己的方式对抗帝国多年。他最著名的胜利就是在坦格林摧毁了帝国总情局基地。
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He enlisted as a private in the Mexican War.
他以列兵身份参加了墨西哥战争。
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Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany after World War II and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out that "Gift" means poison in German.