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	French Foreign Legion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Foreign Legion was involved in the defense of Dien Bien Phu and lost a large number of their men in the battle.
		detachment of the Foreign Legion (DLEM) in Mayotte ;
		The existence of the French Foreign Legion has led to a romantic view that it is a place for a wronged man to leave behind his old life to start a new one, but also that it is full of scoundrels and men escaping justice.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_Foreign_Legion (1057 words)

	Embassy of France in the US - The French Foreign Legion
		Composed exclusively of volunteers aged between 18 and 40, with or without means of identification, the Legion was immediately involved in the conquest of Algeria before passing under Spanish control in 1835.
		After very heavy casualties, the disbanded regiments were merged into one: the Foreign Legion's "Regiment de Marche" headed by the famous Colonel Rollet, "the Father of the Legion".
		Every Foreign Legion regiment was represented on the battlefield, particularly in Phu Tong Hoa, the Colonial Road 4, and Dien Bien Phu, where they fought to the last man.
	www.info-france-usa.org /atoz/legion/history.asp (558 words)

	Foreign legion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A foreign legion is a military force originally established by a monarch, consisting of foreigners who are not normally subjects of the king/queen.
		Many countries, including Britain (sc., "King's German Legion") had these before the twentieth century.
		The only remaining ones are those of France and Spain ; the phrase foreign legion in English generally refers to the French one.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foreign_Legion (105 words)

	AllRefer.com - Foreign Legion (Foreign Government Agencies) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Foreign Legion, French volunteer armed force composed chiefly, in its enlisted ranks, of foreigners.
		Originally intended to pacify Algeria, the legion also was active in the pacification of Morocco and fought in other areas of the French colonial empire and in both world wars.
		The legion was normally stationed in Algeria until 1962, when its headquarters were transferred to S France, near Marseilles.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/ForeignL.html (312 words)

	The French Foreign Legion. La Legion Etranger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The French Foreign Legion was formed on the 9 of March 1831.
		It is a tradition of the Foreign Legion to prepare the equipment for return to the stores immediately on return to the guartier after the final march.
		Physical training in the Foreign Legion is taken at a gradual pace and, like basic training in many armies, will be governed somewhat by the overall ability of the Section under instruction.
	www.kulichki.com:8101 /moshkow/TXT/franclegion.txt (22365 words)

	Foreign Legion (Regiment, France) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Foreign Legion was created by King Louis-Philippe (Decree of 10 March 1831) and stationed in Algeria.
		The Foreign Legion was, especially between the two World Wars, the source of a rich mythology, associated to exotism and colonialism.
		The Legion is still a cherished unit in France, probably because of the exotic uniform (The légionnaires bear the axe and the shovel), their 'rolling' step (slower than usual), and their band (the only one in the French Army to include the exotic "Chinese hat" [a kind of jingling Johnny]).
	www.flagspot.net /flags/fr^leget.html (341 words)

	French Foreign Legion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The limitations of this reality TV approach are manifold: we learn less about the French Foreign Legion and the men who join it than we do about the volunteers...
		From the catwalk to the French Foreign Legion...
		Most of the establishments of the Foreign Legion, including the headquarters, are in mainland France anyway.
	www.wikiverse.org /french-foreign-legion (461 words)

	"AXIS & FOREIGN LEGION MILITARIA
		In September 1941, the Legion was sent for further training at Ayrs in East Prussia, where it was joined by a third battalion formed from Dutch Nazi Storm Troopers.
		In early 1942, the Legion moved by foot and later by motorized transportation to the Volkhov Front, in the vicinity of Gusi-Gova north of Lake Ilmen near Leningrad.
		By the summer of 1943 the Legion was disbanded and reorganized as the SS Volunteer Panzer-Grenadier Brigade 4 "Nederland." This brigade was composed of two regiments designated as 45th and 46th as of November 1943.
	axis101.bizland.com /DutchFeldpost.htm (1522 words)

	Frank Thompson--Foreign Legion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Foreign Legion of fiction and the movies was a place where noblemen fled to accept the blame for crimes they did not commit, where the weak and cowardly could find bravery and redemption, even if they had to pay for those honors with their lives.
		The first detachment of the Foreign Legion that landed in Algiers was composed of the ragged refuse of several nations.
		The last Legion officer, Cpl. Maine, replied that they would only give up under the conditions that they be allowed to keep their weapons and that their wounded would be cared for.
	www.frankthompson.tv /foreignlegion.htm (1936 words)

	French Foreign Legion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		While most of its commissioned officers are French, the rest of the Legion is made up of men from a wide variety of nationalities (including French).
		After serving in the Legion for a three years, the legionnaire is allowed to apply for French citizenship.
		detachment of the Foreign Legion in Mayotte ;
	www.fact-index.com /f/fr/french_foreign_legion.html (304 words)

	Foreign Legion - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
		The best thing about Foreign Legion is their humor, which shines through on record--and especially during their live shows.
		Dubbing themselves Foreign Legion, the tightly knit trio went public in 1999 with the 12-inch release "Full Time B-Boy" on ABB Records, then dropped their debut album The Kidnapper Van, which garnered critical acclaim.
		The individual members of Foreign Legion may be pursuing solo endeavors, but with all the good vibes and harmonious energy they produced, it's hard to believe they won't reconnect for another go-round sometime in the very near future.
	music.download.com /foreignlegion/3600-8537_32-100383950.html (1214 words)

	:: MVRemix Interviews - Foreign Legion :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Foreign Legion is a 3 man multi-racial group from the Bay Area that consists of Prozack and Stretch on the mic and DJ Design on production.
		While many emcees are incredibly serious and even depressing, FL are here to start the party and have a good time like it was the late 80’s or the early 90’s.
		Foreign Legion is my group so naturally, they were the first act to be signed.
	urban.mvremix.com /interviews/foreignlegion.shtml (1786 words)

	The French Foreign Legion
		Desertions from the Legion are a constant problem that continue to this day.
		Based on my own experiences, " Life in the French Foreign Legion: How To Join and What To Expect When You Get There " is a step-by-step chronological work that will guide you through the various phases of preparing for, joining, and living life in the Legion.
		While there is enough information here to assist anyone interested in joining the Legion, it is strongly recommended that you take the time to read through the book.
	www.foreignlegionlife.com (325 words)

	FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION / LEGION ETRANGERE - Old Vintage Antique Postcard Postcards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		legion137086 - ALGERIA - In Southern Algeria, a squad of the Foreign legion marching (Published by Geiser - 5) (Postally Used Postcard).
		legion14671 - MOROCCO - Oudjda : Occupation of Oudjda in April 1907, the Cooks of the Foreign Legion in Sidi Yahia Camp (Published by Boumendil) (Postally Used Postcard).
		legion14721 - MOROCCO - Departure to Oudjda of the Foreign Legion Officers Godchot and Bisgambiglia, wounded at the Meharidja fight on 17th and 18th April 1912 (Published by Boumendil) (Unused Postcard written on reverse).
	www.postcardman.net /legion.html (3271 words)

	Embassy of France in the US - The French Foreign Legion
		To enlist in the French Foreign Legion, all volunteers must present themselves in any recruiting office in France.
		Travel costs and the eventual obtention of a visa are borne by the candidate and no help whatsoever can be accorded by the French Foreign Legion.
		For four months the young legionnaire will receive a basic military instruction at the 4th Foreign Regiment located in Castelnaudary after which, he will be posted to a regiment, depending on his capabilities and the needs of the French Foreign Legion.
	www.info-france-usa.org /atoz/legion/enlist.asp (267 words)

	TCS: Tech Central Station - Needed: A U.S. Foreign Legion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		I envision two categories of foreign troops: those with permanent jobs and those in a reserve who are only called up when needed.
		Communications needs would require that the foreign legion be organized into different language groups, the largest probably being Spanish-speaking soldiers from Latin America.
		Setting up a foreign legion won't solve our immediate manpower needs as it would likely take several years to establish and train the legions.
	www.techcentralstation.com /092503B.html (568 words)

	D Lawrence - Viva la Légion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		But I have to say that the Legion truly was our family, perhaps because we had so little time for anything else in our lives.
		In many ways the Legion was more of a family to me than the parents and sisters that I grew up with.
		The guy was lucky the gendarmes caught him and not the Legion, because we probably would have shot the bastard on sight.
	www.dlawrence.net /legion/legion.html (1506 words)

	Foreign Legion -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Although the Legion has often been represented in books and movies as a last choice for derelicts, criminals, unhappy lovers, and fallen noblemen, it is actually one of the best trained and most effective military units in the world.
		The term legion also denotes the military system by which imperial Rome conquered and ruled the...
		The children born of foreign workers in Volkswagen plants all died during German occupation.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article?tocId=9274383 (614 words)

	The Foreign Legion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Foreign Legion is the best known and certainly the most romanticized mercenary army in the world.
		As it approaches its 150th anniversary, the Legion still has covert operations underway in some of the world's riskiest war-zones.
		Granted unprecedented access to the Legion, the producers of this unique two-part program go on-location with the volunteers and reveal the rigors of their remarkable training and service missions.
	www.ihffilm.com /ihf/r686.html (144 words)

	James' French Foreign Legion Web Links and Information
		Simon Murray is an Englishman who served five years in the Foreign Legion during the war in Algeria.
		To join the French Foreign Legion, you must be male, between the ages of 18 and 40 years old (17 years old with parental permission), and regardless of where you live in the world, you must present yourself with a valid passport or identity card to one of the 20 recruiting centers (
		If the prospective recruit is not accepted, he will be returned to civilian life and the costs to return to the country of origin will not be paid by the French Foreign Legion or the Republic of France.
	www.geocities.com /foreignlegionlinks (652 words)

	French Foreign Legion
		French Foreign Legion, Legion Etrangere, cervens,join the legion, 1er REP, paratroop, paratrooper, Viet-Nam war, indochine, indochina, 1er Regiment etranger parachutiste, Guy Rubin de Cervens
		Web page dedicated to my son who joined French Foreign Legion in June 2002 and became a member of the 2nd REP. Photos and interesting moments from life in FFL as posted home from the field.
		French Foreign Legion site with links to other Legion web sites, over hundred legion pictures, info about joining the Legion, Ten Legion songs.
	a.webring.com /hub?ring=ffl (505 words)

	Books on the Foreign Legion
		Book Description: The French Foreign Legion is one of the most famous fighting organizations in the world, jealously guarding a reputation that dates back to the 1830s.
		This strikingly illustrated review of the French Foreign Legion today utilizes modern color photos of legionnaires in training and on maneuvers in France, where they are now based.
		An account of the French war in Vietnam from 1946 which claimed the lives of over 90,000 French soldiers, and which should have been an apt tutorial for the US policy makers who ignored the lessons already hard learned by their French counterparts about the ways and wiles of the Viet Cong.
	www.dropbears.com /b/broughsbooks/military/foreign_legion.htm (417 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		I can't recall the name, however it did have a Foreign Legion Recruiting Office towards the front of the Barracks area (a small rectangular, detached, concrete, grey painted building).
		I have a mate who spent 15 years in the Foreign Legion, Powel was his name.
		It is a pleasure to see the results of the considerable work you have put into this memorial to the Legion and to your friends with whom you served.
	members.lycos.co.uk /foreignlegiondiary/newpage.html (2740 words)

	La Societe Historique de la Legion Etrangere/French Foreign Legion Historical Society Main Page
		We are non-profit, tax-exempt organization, whose function is to portray the history of the Foreign Legion from 1939 to 1954.
		Contrary to popular belief, fostered by Hollywood and authors either unfamiliar with or harboring a grudge against the Legion, it is not a haven for criminals and cutthroats.
		It is important that we understand as much as we can about the Legion, the men who serve(d) in it, and its history and traditions from the first-hand experience of veterans like you.
	www.flash.net /~pkendall/DBLE.htm (450 words)

	Lauzun's Legion's Home Page
		By October 28th, 1778 part of this new Legion, commanded by Lauzun, was on it's way to
		After a 400 mile march the Legion was ordered to Gloucester to prevent Cornwallis from using it
		Luzun's Legion is a living history organization devoted to the research
	www.lauzunslegion.com (442 words)

	XLR8R :: Foreign Legion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Masters of their own unique liquor-cabinet-fueled style, Foreign Legion’s got big things in store on their second studio album—and not a DUI in sight.
		As Prozack raps on “Champagne Beamin’,” “There ain’t nobody sicker/ Foreign Legion off the Richter/ fucked up on cheap liquor/ tearin’ off your promo sticker.” It’s a dope rhyme, and structurally sound, too, containing elements of both braggadocio and realism.
		The strongest evidence that the Legion is—gasp!—growing up might be the serious tone of “How Do It Feel?,” which finds Stretch relating his struggle as “a working class man with an upper class mind/ and lower class income/ trying to get mine.” That’s real talk.
	www.xlr8r.com /article.php?uid=EB4342F0F71284331C91BC23E6979BD5 (557 words)

	Foreign Legion :: Playtight :: Look Records
		Then the other day, quite unexpectedly, my introduction to Foreign Legion finally materialized itself thanks to Look Records, who sent me, the reviewer, this record so I can tell you, the reader, what it's all about.
		As with most successful duos, a lot of Foreign Legion's magic lies in how well they compliment each other, the vocal balance probably being the most important.
		Think of Foreign Legion as a less violent, conceptually more inclined West Coast equivalent of The Beatnuts, with traits of other Cali groups such as People Under The Stairs, Tha Liks and Ugly Duckling.
	www.rapreviews.com /archive/2003_04_playtight.html (700 words)

	The French Foreign Legion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The French Foreign Legion is presently recruiting up to forty years of age.
		During their free time, Legionnaires often relax with a game of soccer (football), practise martial arts like karate, kick-boxing, tae-kwon-do.
		This book forms the definitive guide to joining the French Foreign Legion today.
	www.ivybridge.co.uk /foreign-legion (295 words)

	:: Welcome to Swedish Foreign Legion. A Battlefield 1942 gaming clan :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Of all the world's Battlefield 1942 fighting forces, none have commanded greater respect or generated such an image of mystery and romance as the Swedish Foreign Legion.
		It is now final; Swedish Foreign Legion (SFL) wins the premiere division of the well known league Up-North.org, season 8.
		After a very strange season, 2 teams dropped out early, and a third team was expelled from the league due to many forfeits, Swedish Foreign Legion managed to secure the number 1 spot in division 1 with a little help from our friends in Division.Zer0.
	www.clansfl.org (2449 words)

	Embassy of France in the U.S. - French Foreign Legion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Embassy of France in the U.S. - French Foreign Legion
		The Embassy of France in the United States' website ( www.ambafrance-us.org) has been revamped in January 2002.
		You should be transfered automatically in a few seconds.
	www.info-france-usa.org /america/embassy/legion/legion.htm (55 words)

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