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Comradeship

When a soldier was injured and coulden't get back to safety, his buddy went out to get him against his officer's orders. He returned mortally wounded and his friend whom he had carried back was dead. The officer was angry "I told you not to go " he said, now I've lost both of you it wasn't worth it. The dying man replied "but it was sir, because when I got to him, he said Jim I knew you'd come.

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Today in Military History

November 6



1917:

Canadians capture Passchendaele


1917:

VC won by Cpl Colin Fraser Barron, 3rd Battalion, CEF, Passchendaele, Belgium


1917:

VC won by Pte James Peter Robertson, 27th Battalion, CEF, Passchendaele, Belgium (posthumous)




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