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It is the soldier, not the reporter, who gives us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who gives us the freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves under it, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protestor to burn the flag.

- Father Davis Edward O' Brien Srg. USMC

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Military Word Of The Day

429 T Sqn

429 Transport Squadron

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Today in Military History

August 9

1918:

VC won by A/Cpl Alexander Picton Brereton, 8th Battalion, CEF, Amiens, France

1918:

VC won by Cpl Frederick George Coppins, 8th Battalion, CEF, Amiens (Hackey Wood), France

1918:

VC won by Lt Jean Brillant, 22nd Battalion, CEF, Meharicourt, France (near Amiens) (posthumous)

1918:

VC won by Sgt Raphael Louis Zengel, MM, 5th Battalion, CEF, Amiens, France

1945:

Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

1945:

VC won by Robert Hampton Gray, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (attached to the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy), Onagawa Wan, Japan (posthumous)

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