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Aug. 08, 1956 - Operation Suez Begins - 25, 000 Reservists Get Call-Up Orders: Call-up orders will go out in the next 36 hours to more than 25, 000 Reservists - mostly Army - following Sir Anthony Eden's announcement in the Commons yesterday of a Royal Proclamation in the Suez Canal emergency. Photo shows Soldiers of the Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry who were recalled from leave, change into their uniforms at Warley Barracks, Essex, yesterday

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13178093
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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