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Marching with the Devil - Legends, Glory and Lies in the French Foreign Legion (Paperback)
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Marching with the Devil - Legends, Glory and Lies in the French Foreign Legion (Paperback)
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'In 1894 a French Foreign Legion General said, Legionnaires, vous
etes faits pour mourir, je vous envoie la ou on meurt.
Legionnaires, you are made for dying, I will send you where you can
die. When I was in my mid-teens and first read those words they
were powerful and confronting. I read them as a challenge and an
invitation. The words, and the feelings they evoked, remained with
me until I was ready. On 20 May 1988, I enlisted in the French
Foreign Legion.'Based on his diaries, this is a frank account of
how Mason came first in basic training, trained other Legionnaires,
went to Africa, did sniper, commando and medic s training and took
part in two operations, both in the Republic of Djibouti where a
civil war nearly crippled the nation. It tells of his daily life in
the Legion, in the training regiment, in Africa and with the Legion
s Parachute Regiment. But more than this: David s gripping account
reveals his disillusionment, frustration and disappointments, and
how the Legion today is not what it seems.
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