Appel: A Canadian in the French Foreign Legion

Appel: A Canadian in the French Foreign Legion

Appel: A Canadian in the French Foreign Legion

Appel: A Canadian in the French Foreign Legion

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Overview

The first-hand account of the author’s six years as a professional soldier and member of the French Foreign Legion’s elite Group Commando Parachutistes.

In Appel, Joel Struthers recounts the dangers and demands of military life, from the rigours of recruitment and operational training in the rugged mountains of France, to face-to-face combat in the grasslands of some of Africa’s most troubled nations.

Told through the eyes of a soldier, and interspersed with humorous anecdotes, Appel is a fascinating story that debunks myths about the French Foreign Legion and shows it more accurately as a professional arm of the French military. Struthers provides insight into the rigorous discipline that the Legion instills in its young recruits, who trade their identities as individuals for a life of adventure and a role in a unified force whose motto is “Honour and Loyalty.”

Foreword by Col. Benoit Desmeulles, former commanding officer of the Legions 2e Régiment Étranger Parachutistes.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781771121057
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Publication date: 03/15/2019
Pages: 250
Sales rank: 1,157,072
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Joel Adam Struthers is a former Legionnaire, a helicopter pilot and a partner in a Canadian risk mitigation firm that solves difficult problems in challenging environments. 

Table of Contents

1. The Road to France

2. Fatherland

3. Strasbourg

4. Aubagne

5. Rouge

6. Castel

7. The Farm

8. 3rd Company, 3rd Section

9. Pieds-noirs

10. The REP

11. 1st Company, 1st Section

12. Pre-selection

13. Caporal

14. Bangui

15. Soldiering

16. Mont-Louis

17. The Ultimate Sacrifice

18. Marseille

19. Jesus Christ Pose

20. SOGH

21. Part of the Team

22. Paris

23. French Equatorial Africa

24. Beltine

25. Alps

26. Case de Gaulle

27. Déjà Vu

28. Groupement

29. Salade Niçoise

30. Civile

Epilogue. Système D

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