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

Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the world.

- Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914): The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793-1812 (1892)

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Today in Military History

June 24

1850:

Lord Kichener born

1900:

Captain L.S.T. Halliday, Royal Marine Light Infantry, awarded the Victoria Cross, Peking

1944:

VC won by Flight Lieut. David Ernest Hornell, Royal Canadian Air Force, Shetland Islands (posthumous)

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