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To throw bombs from an airplane will do as much damage as throwing bags of flour. It will be my pleasure to stand on the bridge of any ship while it is attacked by airplanes.

- Newton Baker, US minister of defense (1921)

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Warrant Officer


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Today in Military History

January 10



1308:

The Templars created in England


1862:

The Victoria Rifles of Canada are organized, during a period of Anglo-American tension during the American Civil War, as the '3rd Battalion, Volunteer Militia Rifles'


1946:

First UN General Assembly held in London




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