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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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leadership training


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Today in Military History

March 24



1848:

12e REgiment blinde du Canada: Adsum


1871:

6th Bn, Royal 22e Regiment: Honeur et Devoir (Honour and Duty) and Je Me Souviens (I remember)


1945:

VC won by Cpl Frederick George Topham, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, East of the Rhine




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