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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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February 6
1922: Washington Naval Treaty limits numbers and size of major warships
1943: Patrolling the Western Mediterranean, HMCS LOUISBURG is sunk by a torpedo from an Italian torpedo bomber with a loss of 42 of her crew.
1961: American Military Assistance Command formed in South Vietnam
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