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- Flavius Vegetius Renatus - Military Institutions of the Romans, circa AD 378

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Military Word Of The Day

GDs

General Duties

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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