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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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Here, on 26 July 1972 the Royal Thai Army burned all its American textbooks. From this dates our victory over the communists.
Inscription over the incinerator in the Royal Thai Army Headquarters
- Stuart Slade, "Successful Counter-insurgency: How Thais Burnt the Books and Beat the Guerillas,"Internal Security & CO-IN, an editorial supplement to International Defense Review 22, (October 1989):21.
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May 18
1944: HITLER LINE, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 24 May 44)
1944: LIRI VALLEY, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 30 May 44)
1972: 2 Royal Marines SBS parachuted alongside QE2 to search for a bomb.
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