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



In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky,
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields

Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you, from failing hands we throw
The torch, be yours to hold it high
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields

- John McCrae

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Today in Military History

November 17



1859:

The Canadian Grenadier Guards: Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense (Evil be to him who evil thinks)


1887:

On this day in 1887, Bernard Law Montgomery, British general and one of the most formidable Allied commanders of the war, as well as one of the most disliked, is born in London.


1914:

End of the first Battle of Ypres: stationary warfare now the rule


1951:

HILL 227, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 19 Nov 51)




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