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Comrades in Arms from the French Foreign Legion
Bennett J. Doty recounts the 29th Company of the Premier Regiment Es trangere as it sails for Syria, detailing its rough composition, the bravery of Lieutenant Vernon, and the brutal six day train journey to Bizerte where a head wound ends his active combat duty in Syria.
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Bennett J. Doty
French Foreign Legion
Doty
Legion
Standard and
Alliance
North American Newspaper Alliance
France
Vernon
Sidi-Pl-Abbes
Rollet
the Legion
Guard of Honor
Bizerete
Tunisia
Syria
Bezerte