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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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No one accuses the gunner of maudlin affection for anything except his beasts and his weapons. He serves as least three jealous gods--his horse and all its saddlery and harness; his gun, whose least detail of efficiency is more important than men's lives; and, when these have been attended to, the never-ending mystery of his art commands him.
- Rudyard Kipling
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January 11
1902: Canadian Field Hospital concentrates at Halifax in preparation for departure to South Africa.
1942: Soviet troops reopn narrow supply corridor to beseiged Leningrad
1957: HMCS Magnificent arrives in Port Said with the main body of the Canadian contribution in troops and materiel to the United Nations Emergency Force controlling the Israeli-Egyptian border.
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