Navy.ca's Fallen Comrades

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

Sighted sub, sank same.

- Enlisted pilot Donald F. Mason: radio dispatch, Jan. 28, 1942
Mason believed that he had sunk a German U-boat off Argentina, Newfoundland.

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Military Word Of The Day

VBIED

Vehicle Based Improvised Explosive Device

Today in Military History

February 6

1922:

Washington Naval Treaty limits numbers and size of major warships

1943:

Patrolling the Western Mediterranean, HMCS LOUISBURG is sunk by a torpedo from an Italian torpedo bomber with a loss of 42 of her crew.

1961:

American Military Assistance Command formed in South Vietnam

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