"I wanted to defend France because she gave me food, it was a way of saying thank you
», These few words, pronounced by my great-uncle Lazare when I was still only a child, made a lasting impression on me and still resonate in my mind today. After leaving his native Italy alone at the age of 9, he chose in 1914, then just 16, to join the Foreign Legion while the storm was already raging on our eastern borders. He will find his older brother there, of whom he had no news and alongside whom he will fight to defend his host country. The years have passed and, having reached adulthood myself and having known such men, I have long wondered how a foreigner could choose to engage in the service of France, that is to say accept to give his life to defend a country that is not his. Within this military unit full of mystery,I looked for an answer to my questions.
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