I think it was General Benedict Arnold.
Allowed troops and supplies (food, water, guns) to be going to Eastern Germany to fight before US got involved and was too much to handle <span />
Apollo 1 caught fire and took the lives of 3 astronauts Apollo 8 completed a nearly flawless mission and completed a safe landing in the Pacific Ocean :)
Reign of Terror also known as the Great Fear (La Grande Peur), although it didn't start until September 1793. I couldn't find anything else to fit that time frame.
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they help provide supplies such as gun&clothing to the army most importantly troops and naval support which made france became the official Ally of the US in 1778 through a treaty
