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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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When I reflect upon the characters and attainments of some of the general officers of this army...on whom I am to rely...I tremble: and as Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names he trembles as I do.
- Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, military dispatch, 1810
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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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