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

It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil.

- Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet

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Military Word Of The Day

OCDP

Officer Career Development Programme

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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