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

Go tell the Spartans, passerby, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.

- Simonides, Epitaph for the Spartans who fell at Thermopylae

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Military Word Of The Day

ALP

ambulance loading point

Today in Military History

May 4

1471:

Battle of Tewksbury

1910:

Canadian Navy was created by the Naval Service Act

1942:

Battle of Coral Sea (to 8 May 42); first naval battle fought entirely with aircraft from carriers out of each others sight

1982:

"HMS Sheffield hit by Argentinian Exocet Missile"

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