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The shovel is the brother to the gun.

- Carl Sandburg, American poet, biographer, and Spanish-American War veteran. A soldier in combat quickly learns that digging a hole to hide in offers better protection than using his weapon.

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NATO
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization


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Today in Military History

March 25



1941:

Off Freetown, West Africa, the German raider Kormoran captures the Canadian merchantman Canadolite taking her entire crew of 44 as prisoners of war.




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