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- Martin van Crevald, military historian

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Intelligence Operator (i.e. Int Branch NCM)


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Today in Military History

September 27



1918:

CANAL DU NORD, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 1 Oct 18)


1918:

VC won by Lt George Fraser Kerr, 3rd Battalion, CEF, Bourlon Wood (near Cambrai), France


1918:

VC won by Lt Graham Thomson Lyall, 102nd Battalion, CEF, Bourlon Wood


1941:

First Liberty ship, the Patrick Henry launched in Baltimore




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