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

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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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May 10
1918: VC won by Rowland Richard Louis Bourke, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Ostend, Belgium
1940: DIEPPE, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 19 Aug 42)
1940: German troops invade Netherlands, Luxembourg and France
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