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

We must remember that one man is much the same as another,
and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

- Thucydides, "History of the Peloponnesian War" (431-404 B.C.)

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Today in Military History

June 24

1850:

Lord Kichener born

1900:

Captain L.S.T. Halliday, Royal Marine Light Infantry, awarded the Victoria Cross, Peking

1944:

VC won by Flight Lieut. David Ernest Hornell, Royal Canadian Air Force, Shetland Islands (posthumous)

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