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



There is a great irony in the fact that the North Vietnamese finally won by purely conventional means, using precisely the kind of warfare the American Army was best equipped to fight.

- W. Scott Thompson & Col. Donaldson D. Firzzell, 1977

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COP
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Combat outpost


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Today in Military History

September 13



1759:

Battle of the Plains of Abraham


1759:

The Battle of Quebec


1942:

HMCS OTTAWA is cut in two and sinks after being attacked by U-91 in the mid-atlantic. HMCS ST CROIX conducts depth charge attacks, while two corvettes pick up just 65 survivors from a crew of 179.




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