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

The shovel is the brother to the gun.

- Carl Sandburg, American poet, biographer, and Spanish-American War veteran. A soldier in combat quickly learns that digging a hole to hide in offers better protection than using his weapon.

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Today in Military History

October 30

1917:

VC won by Lt Hugh MacKenzie, DCM, 7th Canadian Machine Gun Company, CEF, Passchendaele, Belgium (posthumous)

1917:

VC won by Maj George Randolph Pearkes, 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, CEF, Passchendaele, Belgium

1917:

VC won by Pte Cecil John Kinross, 49th Battalion, CEF, Passchendaele, Belgium

1917:

VC won by Sgt George Harry Mullin, MM, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, CEF, Passchendaele, Belgium

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