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



Sniper's Serenity-
A green phantom stalks these lands,
Thirty Ought Six in a Master's hands.
Chamber a matched, perfect round,
Slide home the bolt, forward and down.

Stay detached, loose and cool,
Time your breathing, remember the rule.
Get them now, kill them clean,
before they can hurt another Marine.

The first dies quick, the second has looked,
that one dies fast, a third has booked.
Number Three goes down, sight on Number Four,
this one's for my Brothers, Brothers of the Corps.

Even now at home, I remember that scene,
the four of them and a young Marine,
I would do it again, once more with pride,
to protect my Marines, the enemy has died.

- By Robert W. Baird, U.S.M.C. Sniper

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Today in Military History

October 5



1813:

Death of Tecumseh in Battle of the Thames


1866:

The Brockville Rifles: Semper Paratus (Always ready)


1866:

The Brockville Rifles: Semper Paratus (Always ready


1866:

The Lanark and Renfew Scottish Regiment: Fac et Spera (Do and hope)


1871:

Fenian invasion force capture the Hudsons Bay Company at Pembina Manitoba.


1921:

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