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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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If they (the young pilots) are on land, they would be bombed down, and if they are in the air, they would be shot down. That's sad...Too sad...To let the young men die beautifully, that's what Tokko is. To give beautiful death, that's called sympathy.
- Admiral Takijiro Onishi (Note: Tokko means suicidal attack in Japanese)
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September 13
1759: Battle of the Plains of Abraham
1759: The Battle of Quebec
1942: HMCS OTTAWA is cut in two and sinks after being attacked by U-91 in the mid-atlantic. HMCS ST CROIX conducts depth charge attacks, while two corvettes pick up just 65 survivors from a crew of 179.
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