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

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Military Word Of The Day

2IC

Second in command

Today in Military History

April 9

1869:

Le Regiment de la Chaudiere: Aere Prennius (Truer than steel)

1869:

Les Fusiliers du Saint-Laurant: J'y Suis En Garde (I am on guard)

1917:

ARRAS, 1917, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 4 May 17)

1917:

VC won by Capt Thain Wendell MacDowell, 38th Battalion, CEF, Vimy Ridge, France

1917:

VC won by L/Sgt Ellis Wellwood Sifton, 18th Battalion, CEF, Vimy Ridge, France (posthumous)

1917:

VC won by Pte William Johnstone Milne, 16th Battalion, CEF, Vimy Ridge, France (posthumous)

1917:

VIMY, 1917, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 14 Apr 17)

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