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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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Canada is the linchpin of the English-speaking world. Canada, with those relations of friendly, affectionate intimacy with the United States on the one hand and with her unswerving fidelity to the British Commonwealth and the Motherland on the other, is the link which joins together these great branches of the human family, a link which, spanning the oceans, brings the continents into their true relation and will prevent in future generations any growth of division between the proud and the happy nations of Europe and the great countries which have come into existence in the New World.
- Winston Churchill
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March 14
1862: The Royal Regiment of Canada: Ready Aye Ready, and Nec Aspera Terrant (Difficulties do not daunt)
2002: 3PPCLI BG with C Coy 2PPCLI, were on Day 2 of Operation HARPOON, tasked to close with and destroy Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters on the "Whales Back", a mountain in the Shah-i-Kot Valley, near Gardez, Paktia Province, Afghanistan. The Battle Group was part of 3 Brigade (Rakassans) 101st Airborne, as part of Operation ANACONDA. It was Canada's first combat operation since the Korean War and the first Battalion level helicopter assault onto a hot LZ. The Troops went in heavy at 3,000 metres plus and made history.
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