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- Dag Hammarskjöld Former UN Secretary-General

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Military Word Of The Day
Br. CWO
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Branch Chief Warrant Officer


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Today in Military History

May 7



1867:

VC won by Dr (Asst-Surg) Campbell Mallis Douglas, 24th (Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot (British Army), Island of Little Andaman, The Burma Campaign


1915:

Lusitania torpedoed, 1198 lost


1945:

Unconditional surrender of all German forces to the Allies, signed at Eisenhower's HQ at Rhiems




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