Air-Force.ca's Fallen Comrades

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

Gentlemen, we are being killed on the beaches. Lets go inland and be killed.

- Brigadier-General Norman Cota: Omaha Beach, 6 June 1944.

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Military Word Of The Day

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Today in Military History

June 2

1916:

MOUNT SORREL, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 13 June 16)

1917:

VC won by William Avery Bishop, Royal Flying Corps, near Cambrai, France

1953:

The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

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