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There would be a day- there must be a day- when he would come back to Gramarye with a new Round Table which had no corners, just as the world had none- a table without boundaries between the nations who would sit to feast there. The hope of making it would lie in culture. If people could be persuaded to read and write, not just eat and make love, there was still a chance that they might come to reason."

- T.H. White; "The Once and Future King"

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Today in Military History

September 16

1916:

VC won by Pte John Chipman Kerr, 49th Battalion, CEF, Courceletee, France

1939:

Convoy HX-1 under escort from HMC Ships ST LAURENT & SAGUENAY departs Halifax for Britian. This convoy comprises the first 18 merchant ships of over 25,000 that would sail the Atlantic under RCN escort..... and so begins the Battle of Atlantic convoys.

1950:

NAKTONG BDIRGEHEAD, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 25 Sept 50)

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