Lgionnaires served in Vietnam and Algeria when they were French possessions. Currently legion garrisons exist in France and also include foreign posts at the Red Sea republic of Djibouti and in ...

I joined the French Foreign Legion." Today Salazar is an ex-legionnaire ... legionnaires died in France's futile effort to hold onto Vietnam after World War II. At the decisive battle of Dien ...

June 10, 2010: The French Foreign Legion, has built up a goodly number of myths during its nearly 180 year history. From the deserts of Morocco to the jungles of Vietnam, the Legion has a ...

But the French Foreign Legion is a part of the French military ... Nor should we have a Vietnam War-esque draft. An all-volunteer force is core to our values, so let’s extend that opportunity ...

At the Edge of the Worldby Jean-Vincent Blanchard Formed in 1831, the French Foreign Legion was to become the ... Campaigns took the general from Algeria to Vietnam, Madagascar to Morocco.

A British tennis-playing socialite became the only woman in the French Foreign Legion, leading a daring ... Travers became the first and only woman ever to serve with the Legion, and was posted to ...

Whether you’re looking for a career change or need a new identity after faking your own death, joining the French Foreign Legion might be the path for you. Founded in 1831 partly as a way to ...

In addition to the standard MAT-49, several hundred variants, called MAT-49-54, were built for various French police units ... especially in Algeria and Vietnam. Though difficult to independently ...

June 10, 2010: The French Foreign Legion, has built up a goodly number of myths during its nearly 180 year history. From the deserts of Morocco to the jungles of Vietnam, the Legion has a ...