Monthly Archives: May 2018

Legion Pulp: A Berber Racket

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Jack Wagner

This month’s pulp story comes from the 15 October 1931 issue of The Popular – Complete Stories.  This title used to be the called The Popular Magazine until it was merged with Street and Smith’s Complete Stories in 1931.  It’s … Continue reading →

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FRANCE 24: The Foreign Legion, another French Exception

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Jack Wagner

Here is a clip that just popped up in my YouTube feed.  It is an English language video about the Foreign Legion produced by France 24 that appeared there on 27 April.  It is really well done thematically and filmed … Continue reading →

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Some Benigni

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Jack Wagner

I found these color uniform prints recently at the Pritzker Military Museum and Library.  The artist is Pierre Benigni whose work on the Foreign Legion usually appears as black and white illustrations.  Many of his drawings appeared on the covers … Continue reading →

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The Foreign Legion on Holiday (Ft. LeClerc)

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Jack Wagner

Here is a quick post that gives a glimpse into what the Legion was up to back in 1952 during Camerone Day.  This article came from the 11 October UK illustrated magazine”The Sphere”.  This has a couple of pictures of … Continue reading →

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Foreign Legion Recruitment Posters

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Jack Wagner

Here are some images depicting about 21 Foreign Legion posters.  Not all of them are official recruitment posters but most of the known ones used by the Legion are included.  I found out that each poster had a print run … Continue reading →

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