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Fourteen July Hair Doomed Breton Wins Fame in War
A long hair joke becomes a badge of courage as Maxime de L. from St Cyr refuses a haircut, endures guardhouse sentences, and earns a lieutenant’s sword after miraculously surviving operations in the Franco Prussian War. His bearded look becomes a symbol of defiant valor.
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Dragoons
Maxime de L
St Cyr
Max
Yolando de Precy-Bussac
Sumilay
Lair
Trouville
Fulani
Pichard
Pickard
de L
Dr. Pouiliac
Pichard Stone
Max Tursey
Lille Ta Cul
Tournecourt
Mesa
Yolande
Mets
Maxelle
Yallecin
Poate
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Lournecourt
Rence
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St. Privat
Coiney
Satwanie
Ani
Metz
el E Shagay Dragoon
Seige
Germany
France
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de Paladinos
Frederick Charles
Loire
Faixan Dorp
Kay
Leitonchamps
Grigg
Oge
the Loire
Prussia
Arc de l'Ateile
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Paris
Versailles
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Montmartre
Gaudlonn
Maxime
Legion of Honor
Madame Yonder
Chicago
Wess
Ian
Iwellinan
Herald
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Toll
Ianago
Etter
St. Peter’s
Saint Paul's
Paradise
Europe
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Latamor