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



Soldiers have many faults, but they have one redeeming merit; they are never worshippers of force. Soldiers more than any other men are taught severely and systematically that might is not right. The fact is obvious. The might is in the hundred men who obey. The right... is in the one man who commands them.

- Gilbert Chesterton ("Thoughts Around Koepenick")

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Today in Military History

April 26



1860:

The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada: In Pace Paratus (In peace prepared)


1986:

An explosion of Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine resulted in a nuclear meltdown sending radioactivity into the atmosphere. The Radiation fallout spread throughout Europe. Chernobyl disaster is considered the largest nuclear accident in history.




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