"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Couple of my Mess friends were platoon commanders in the Essex Scottish, from D-Day +2 to May 45. The survival rate for their peer group was somewhere under 25%.
Scotty was there.
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Yes, the Canadians made a HUGE contribution to World War II, almost out of proportion to their population.
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Couple of my Mess friends were platoon commanders in the Essex Scottish, from D-Day +2 to May 45. The survival rate for their peer group was somewhere under 25%.
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UNDER 25%??? Wow, that's a pretty stunning number...
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