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Legionnaire - the real life story of an Englishman in the French Foreign Legin
Legionnaire the real life story of an Englishman in the French Foreign Legin Author:Simon Murray Simon Murray was nineteen when he joined the French Foreign Legion. A young Englishman in the ranks of one of the world's legendary forces of fighting men, the romantic myths of Beau Geste had hardly prepared him for five years of hard living and harsh discipline in the military tradition of 'March or Die!' — He saw guerrilla action in North Afri... more »ca and witnessed the preparations for a dramatic airlift in support of the generals in revolt against de Gaulle. He lived through the violent quarrels between the different nationalities in the ranks of the Legion and watched those rivalries change to solid comradeship when under attack from outside. His diary is a unique document - an extraordinary insight into a soldiering trade that has passed into military history.« less