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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old



I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.

- Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658),Parliamentarian general, Lord Protector of England

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Military Word Of The Day
HMCS CHAMPLAIN
:
Her Majesty's Canadian Ship Champlain


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Today in Military History

July 2



1853:

The Russian Army invades Turkey, beginning the Crimean War


1904:

The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps is authorized: In Arduis Fidelis


1917:

King and Queen attend service at Westminster Abbey for jubilee of Canadian Federation


1940:

Hitler issues orders for Operation Sea Lion




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