Navy.ca's Fallen Comrades

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

Tell the Vietnamese they've got to draw in their horns or we're going to bomb them back into the Stone Age.

- Gen. Curtis LeMay, May 1964

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Military Word Of The Day

TOS

Today in Military History

September 17

1940:

Operation Sea Lion postponed until further notice

1944:

BOULOGNE, 1944, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 22 Sept 44)

1944:

Operation Market Garden. Bridges at Veghel, Grave and Nijmegen are captured, but only temporarily at Arnhem

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