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

Having to do it for the first time in combat is a chastening experience, it gives a man religion.

- Maj-General J.M. Gavin, after his first combat paradrop 1944

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Today in Military History

July 5

1900:

VC won by Sgt Arthur Herbert Lindsay Richardson, Strathcona's Horse, Wolve Spruit, Standerton

1943:

Germans launch Operation Zitadelle to eliminate the Kursk salient

1945:

Philippines declared liberated

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