Navy.ca's Fallen Comrades

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



Sniper's Serenity-
A green phantom stalks these lands,
Thirty Ought Six in a Master's hands.
Chamber a matched, perfect round,
Slide home the bolt, forward and down.

Stay detached, loose and cool,
Time your breathing, remember the rule.
Get them now, kill them clean,
before they can hurt another Marine.

The first dies quick, the second has looked,
that one dies fast, a third has booked.
Number Three goes down, sight on Number Four,
this one's for my Brothers, Brothers of the Corps.

Even now at home, I remember that scene,
the four of them and a young Marine,
I would do it again, once more with pride,
to protect my Marines, the enemy has died.

- By Robert W. Baird, U.S.M.C. Sniper

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Today in Military History

December 7



1815:

Michel Ney, Marshal of France, is executed by firing squad, after being convicted of treason for his support of Napoleon Bonaparte.


1837:

Skirmish between Militia and patriots at Montgomery's Tavern


1917:

World War I: United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.


1941:

Canada declares war on Japan, Finland, Hungary and Romania


1941:

HMCS Windflower is lost on the Grand Banks


1941:

Japanese attack Pearl Harbour


1949:

Chinese Civil War: The government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei.


1975:

Indonesia invades East Timor.




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