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

Sighted sub, sank same.

- Enlisted pilot Donald F. Mason: radio dispatch, Jan. 28, 1942
Mason believed that he had sunk a German U-boat off Argentina, Newfoundland.

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Military Word Of The Day

S&T

supply and transport

Today in Military History

December 24

1900:

British authorities accept an offer of postal clerks for service in South Africa: this unit is called the Canadian Postal Contingent

1944:

HMCS Clayoquot is torpedoed by a U-boat and sinks in the Halifax approaches.

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