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- George Bernard Shaw

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Today in Military History

June 12

1885:

The Essex and Kent Scottish: Semper Paratus (Always ready)

1944:

VC won by Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski, Royal Canadian Air Forcem over Cambrai (posthumous)

1982:

Attack on Mount Harriet, Falkland Islands, ( 42 Royal Marine Commando)

1982:

Attack on Two Sisters, Falkland Islands, ( 45 Royal Marine Commando)

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