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Where is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand men descending from the clouds, might not, in many places, do an infinite deal of mischief before a force could be brought together to repel them?

- Benjamin Franklin-1784

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Military Word Of The Day
MCO
:
movement control organization


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Today in Military History

March 21



1918:

SOMME, 1918, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 5 Apr 18)


1918:

VC won by 2Lt Edmond de Wind, 31st Battalion, CEF (later 15th battalion, Royal Irish Rangers - British Army), Near Grougie, France (posthomous)




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