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

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It is my earnest hope - indeed the hope of all mankind - that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world found upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance and justice.
- General Douglas Macarthur, Supreme Allied Commander of South-West Pacific (1945)
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July 2
1853: The Russian Army invades Turkey, beginning the Crimean War
1904: The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps is authorized: In Arduis Fidelis
1917: King and Queen attend service at Westminster Abbey for jubilee of Canadian Federation
1940: Hitler issues orders for Operation Sea Lion
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