Monthly Archives: April 2017

Joyeux Camerone 2017!

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Jack Wagner

Happy Camerone Day!  1.  Videos.  Here are a couple of Camerone related videos with the first posted today from the 13th DBLE who recently returned to France last year after decades overseas (since it’s creation in 1940).  The second is … Continue reading →

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Mon Legionnaire Library Update

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Jack Wagner

I finally got around to updating my Library page.  You can get there by clicking on the tab that says “Library” under Brian Donlevy (Sergeant Markoff) in my header.  I removed all of the .mobi and .epub links and replaced … Continue reading →

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North African / Arab War Game Terrain Builds (from eBay)

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Jack Wagner

Here is a post related to war gaming.  Over the years I’ve collected some pictures from various eBay listings for North African/Arab themed war game terrain.  Those posted today are mainly from two builders-sellers that make some really incredible builds–so … Continue reading →

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Epic of the Foreign Legion (WWI)

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Jack Wagner

Here is an article that I’ve had laying around for some time but had assumed it was already posted.  It is a chapter (page 27) from the book Deeds of Heroism and Bravery: The Book of Heroes and Personal Daring … Continue reading →

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Grit Gregson: Ambush in the Valley of the Moon

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Jack Wagner

Camerone Day is coming up fast and I’m a bit flat footing on my celebratory blog postings so here is the very first Grit Gregson feature that appeared the U.K. comic Lion (#096 dated 19 December 1953).  Legionnaire Gregson appeared … Continue reading →

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Legion Pulp: Not in the Ritual

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Jack Wagner

April’s Foreign Legion pulp story is from the pages of Adventure Magazine that first hit the streets way back on the 15th of March, 1931.  …another masterpiece from the master of Foreign Legion fiction–Georges Surdez.  It is about an intense … Continue reading →

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Lost Sheep by Captain Vere Dawson Shortt

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Jack Wagner

Lost Sheep by Vere Shortt.  Published by John Lane, The Bodley Head, London.  January, 1914.  312 pages. Here is a remarkable book and one of the best early French Foreign Legion novels I’ve ever read.  Lost Sheep has been my … Continue reading →

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