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

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young men carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.

- George Bernard Shaw

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Today in Military History

May 3

1911:

The Royal Canadian Postal Corps is authorized: Servire Armatis

1917:

VC won by Lt Robert Grierson Combe, 27th Battalion, CEF, Acheville, France (posthumous)

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