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

In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success.

- Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander in Chief of the Japanese Navy (1940)

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Military Word Of The Day

Int Op

Intelligence Operator (i.e. Int Branch NCM)

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Today in Military History

September 27

1918:

CANAL DU NORD, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 1 Oct 18)

1918:

VC won by Lt George Fraser Kerr, 3rd Battalion, CEF, Bourlon Wood (near Cambrai), France

1918:

VC won by Lt Graham Thomson Lyall, 102nd Battalion, CEF, Bourlon Wood

1941:

First Liberty ship, the Patrick Henry launched in Baltimore

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