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

There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.

- General William T. Sherman, speech 1880 from which we derive the phrase War is hell

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Military Word Of The Day

ldrsp trg

leadership training

Today in Military History

March 24

1848:

12e REgiment blinde du Canada: Adsum

1871:

6th Bn, Royal 22e Regiment: Honeur et Devoir (Honour and Duty) and Je Me Souviens (I remember)

1945:

VC won by Cpl Frederick George Topham, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, East of the Rhine

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