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This is for a contest about a body of water. I chose the English Channel because of its historical significance, and because I admired Sir Francis Drake, Lord Horatio Nelson, and the pilots that fought in the Battle of Britain. I remember the first time I visited London that I saw a sign soliciting charities for the old pilots that had defended Britain from the Luftwaffe. My father is British, too.