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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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If they (the young pilots) are on land, they would be bombed down, and if they are in the air, they would be shot down. That's sad...Too sad...To let the young men die beautifully, that's what Tokko is. To give beautiful death, that's called sympathy.
- Admiral Takijiro Onishi (Note: Tokko means suicidal attack in Japanese)
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July 2
1853: The Russian Army invades Turkey, beginning the Crimean War
1904: The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps is authorized: In Arduis Fidelis
1917: King and Queen attend service at Westminster Abbey for jubilee of Canadian Federation
1940: Hitler issues orders for Operation Sea Lion
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