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Child Heroes Demand Frontline Roles in War Reports
Tales from the front describe youths and women who joined or accompanied armies. A twelve year old boy served in French trenches, becoming Private Roland Lefevre after a hospital recovery. Russian volunteers include Constantin Malafeeff at fifteen, Mile Kuduzova in a Cossack regiment, and Marie Weissman among Austrian forces. Gustave Chatain becomes petit corporal as a fourteen year old, after sneaking into a regiment and earning a uniform and sword.
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Roland Lefevre
Regiment D’'Infanterie
Val de Grace
Paria
Constantin Malafeeff
Fif
Mile. Vestuschevka
Fraulein Marie Weissman
Fraulein Weissman
Gustave Chatain
Petit
Fiing
Fon