Air-Force.ca's Fallen Comrades

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

If they (the young pilots) are on land, they would be bombed down, and if they are in the air, they would be shot down. That's sad...Too sad...To let the young men die beautifully, that's what Tokko is. To give beautiful death, that's called sympathy.

- Admiral Takijiro Onishi (Note: Tokko means suicidal attack in Japanese)

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Today in Military History

June 6

1813:

British defeat American army at Stoney Creek, Upper Canada

1944:

D-Day, Canadian casualties are described as "light"; 340 killed, 574 wounded, 47 captured

1944:

NORMANDY LANDING

1944:

NORTH-WEST EUROPE 194-45, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 5 May 45)

1944:

R.R.C. - based in Toronto. Served in England and France - parachuted in to France.

1945:

Lt. Andre van Kerre Broeck- de Sonneville Belgian Army/Resistance fighter/Dutch-French Connection walks back to Belgium barefoot after 3 years of Nazi incarceration

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