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Today in Military History
1915 At Givenchy, France, Lieutenant Frederick Campbell of the 1st Battalion, C.E.F., pushed to the German line, and held back the enemy while in an exposed position to allow others a chance to escape the heavy gunfire. Lieutenant Campbell received a posthumous Victoria Cross for his exemplary conduct in these actions.