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Military Word Of The Day

de-gloving

stripping the skin/muscle/tissue off the bones of the fingers

Today in Military History

May 31

1872:

1st Hussars: Hodie Non Cras

1916:

Major F.J.W. Harvey, Royal Marine Infantry, awarded the Victoria Cross, at the Battle of Jutland

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