Benedict Arnold

'Benedict Arnold  (1741-1801) was a General during the American Revolutionary War. He began the war in the Continental Army, in whose ranks he had a major role in such actions as the pivotal Battles of Saratoga in 1777. Later, his career was derailed by charges of corruption, and he entered into a plot to betray West Point to the British. Upon the plot being uncovered, he escaped to the British and fought on their side in the later parts of the war, going to exile in Britain upon the US gaining independence. Because of the way he changed sides, his name quickly became a byword in the United States for treason or betrayal.

Benedict Arnold in The Last Word
Many of the Draka, who eventually conquered the entire world, were descended from Tory refugees who had taken the British side in the American Revolutionary War, had to leave upon the British losing that war and ended up in South Africa. Throughout centuries they nursed their old grievance against the United States. Among them, Benedict Arnold was admired as a hero and Draka families named "Arnold" habitually calling their male children "Bendict". One Draka officer named "'''Benedict Arnold" was among the force which invaded the US in the aftermath of the 1998 Final War, and which faced the American guerrillas of whom Anson MacDonald was one. He, however, preferred to call himself "Ben" and did not give much thought to the historical implications of his name.