Navy.ca's Fallen Comrades

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

A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten.

- Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander in Chief of the Japanese Navy (about Pearl Harbor, 1942)

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Today in Military History

May 1

1876:

Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of India

1920:

The Toronto Scottish Regiment: Carry on

2003:

Operation Iraqi Freedom officially ends, though mop up operations continue for months

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