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I do not mean that we should build our country in the past but rather on the past. If we forget or ignore the traditions for which Canada has stood as a mighty bulwark against all the shock of time, then the splendour will fade and our usefulness will be no more.

- General Sir Arthur Currie

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Today in Military History

January 11

1902:

Canadian Field Hospital concentrates at Halifax in preparation for departure to South Africa.

1942:

Soviet troops reopn narrow supply corridor to beseiged Leningrad

1957:

HMCS Magnificent arrives in Port Said with the main body of the Canadian contribution in troops and materiel to the United Nations Emergency Force controlling the Israeli-Egyptian border.

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