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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.

- Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658),Parliamentarian general, Lord Protector of England

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Today in Military History

June 12



1885:

The Essex and Kent Scottish: Semper Paratus (Always ready)


1944:

VC won by Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski, Royal Canadian Air Forcem over Cambrai (posthumous)


1982:

Attack on Mount Harriet, Falkland Islands, ( 42 Royal Marine Commando)


1982:

Attack on Two Sisters, Falkland Islands, ( 45 Royal Marine Commando)




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