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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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It is customary in the democratic countries to deplore expenditures on armaments as conflicting with the requirements of social services. There is a tendency to forget that the most important social service a government can do for its people is to keep them alive and free.
- Air Chief Marshal Sir John Slessor
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May 17
1889: The Governor General's Horse Guards: Nulli Secundus
1963: WO II Walter (Rocky) Leja of the 3rd Field Engineer Regiment was critically injured while defusing a mailbox bomb in Westmount, Quebec. He was awarded the George Medal.
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