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 Fort LeClerc which (according to Wikipedia) was originally built by the Italians. It came under control of the French Foreign Legion during WWII when General Leclerc and Free French Forces invaded Italian Libya in 1943. it is located near the town of Sebha, Libya. The picture above is interesting given the date of the article and that the two buglers are recently returned from Indochina and are wearing their bush hats which you don’t normally see worn with the the Saharan “gandoura”.
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