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



We trained very hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn in this life that we tend to meet any situation by reorganizing. And a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.

- Wrongly attributed to Petronius Arbiter, Roman hedonist, about 60 A.D.It is not found anywhere in his works. The earliest known occurrence seems to be in the British occupation force in Germany

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MARCOM
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Maritime Command


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Today in Military History

December 13



1937:

Nanking falls to the Japanese, followed by the brutal "Rape of Nanking", up to 200,000 Chinese massacred (to 5 Feb 38)




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