After a few days lolling around within our jail-like conditions and humiliating evening reviews where we would put ourselves into garde-à-vous position in our slips every time the Caporal-chef came in to the room. “Chambre numero 140, pret pour la revue a vos ordres Caporal-chef”, a camarade with about 1 or 2 weeks more service …
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Aubagne – Military life commences
Aubagne We departed at 5 am from Fort Nogent in Paris to Gare du Lyon to catch the first train to Marseille in our large group of pre-selectioned candidates in our civil gear, tracksuits, shorts and myself in my suit-jacket and tie. I sat next to Chahine to converse in Arabic and French; he was …
Diaries of a Legionnaire 