Navy.ca's Fallen Comrades

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

The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.

- Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, Naval Historian 1911

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Today in Military History

June 12

1885:

The Essex and Kent Scottish: Semper Paratus (Always ready)

1944:

VC won by Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski, Royal Canadian Air Forcem over Cambrai (posthumous)

1982:

Attack on Mount Harriet, Falkland Islands, ( 42 Royal Marine Commando)

1982:

Attack on Two Sisters, Falkland Islands, ( 45 Royal Marine Commando)

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