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- William Tecumseh Sherman

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General Duties

Today in Military History

December 24

1900:

British authorities accept an offer of postal clerks for service in South Africa: this unit is called the Canadian Postal Contingent

1944:

HMCS Clayoquot is torpedoed by a U-boat and sinks in the Halifax approaches.

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