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Of all the people I have met in this world, the Marines have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of all. Thank God for the Marines.

- Eleanor Roosevelt (during WWII)

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Today in Military History

January 17



1944:

First attack toward Cassino (Italy)


1957:

HMCS Bonaventure is commissioned at Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is the first aircraft carrier to be owned outright by Canada and incorporates several post-war technical developments: an angled deck, mirror landing aid, and steam catapult




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