Perhaps the best French Soldier
9 times wounded, he took 1180 prisoners.
With Général Foch
Première Guerre mondiale : Albert Roche, premier soldat de France | Suite101
Albert Roche
Perhaps the best French Soldier
9 times wounded, he took 1180 prisoners.
With Général Foch
Première Guerre mondiale : Albert Roche, premier soldat de France | Suite101
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He was one hell of a man.
well earned medals.
Thanks for sharing the link. I had not read about him before.
Cheers, Ade.
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He died in 1939, killed by a car.
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9 times wounded....wow. The man was a human sieve! He did, indeed, earn his medals and likely should have gotten more than what he did!
(I wonder who the officer with his back to the camera was and what happened to his coat?)
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
looks like rain
My 1st impression was that he'd been standing beneath a roost of pigeons....
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
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