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- George Bernard Shaw

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Military Word Of The Day

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leadership training

Today in Military History

March 24

1848:

12e REgiment blinde du Canada: Adsum

1871:

6th Bn, Royal 22e Regiment: Honeur et Devoir (Honour and Duty) and Je Me Souviens (I remember)

1945:

VC won by Cpl Frederick George Topham, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, East of the Rhine

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