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November 21, 2016
My Grandfather.
On the far left is my grandfather Erik Schmidt. He joined the 3 rd Transvaal Scottish, South African army. He fought up in North Africa then at the battle of El Alamein he was wounded and returned …
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My Grandfather.
On the far left is my grandfather Erik Schmidt. He joined the 3 rd Transvaal Scottish, South African army. He fought up in North Africa then at the battle of El Alamein he was wounded and returned back home due to his injuries.
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September 21, 2016
Free Steele’s Verdun download.
Steele’s Verdun download
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Free Steele’s Verdun download.
Steele’s Verdun download
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September 13, 2016
Welcome to Ricky Balona Books
Thank you for stopping by, I hope you will enjoy the “By Blood Spilt “series as you follow Steele on his epic journey through the gruelling battles of the French Foreign Legion. …
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September 7, 2016
Memories
Just now ·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbb7V3QxzA4
French and then English afterwards.
Voyant M. Da silva dans cette vidéo m’a fait réaliser que je raté l’occasion de rencontrer non seulement un vetran de Dien Bien Phu , mais M. Freitag , l’as WW2 Luftwaffe était à Puyloubier quand nous rejoint et a dû creuser un fossé pour une évacuation le long de la vinyards . Nous sommes allés à la salle à manger et nous avons mangé ces , omelettes longues d’épinards roulés pour le déjeuner avec… eux . De mon expérience en tant que Para dans l’armée d’Afrique Soth Je pensais qu’il aurait pu être un gars portugais qui avait combattu en Angola ou au Mozambique . Je ne parlais pas français et il n’a jamais parlé anglais. Je me suis assis près de lui et il a parlé en français et semblait un bon gars . La Luftwaffe Ace allemand qui, après la guerre a rejoint la Légion et a servi comme un soldat assis à la table et semblait très digne . Maintenant que j’y repense , je suis honoré et humilié d’avoir été en présence de ces hommes nobles qui ont servi leur armée , puis la Légion avec une telle distinction. Legio Patria Nostra .
Seeing Monsieur Da silva in this video made me realise how I missed the opportunity of meeting not only a vetran of Dien Bien Phu but Herr Freitag , the WW2 Luftwaffe ace was in Puyloubier when we joined and had to dig a ditch for a drain along the vinyards. We went to the mess hall and ate those long, rolled spinach omlettes for lunch with them. From my background as a Para in the Soth African Army I thought he might have been a Portuguese guy who had fought in Angola or Mozambique. I did not speak French and he never spoke English. I sat near him and he spoke in French and seemed a nice guy. The German Luftwaffe Ace who after the war joined the Legion and served as a soldier sat at the table and seemed very dignified. Now as I think back I am honoured and humbled to have been in the presence of such noble men who served their army and then the Legion with such distinction. Legio Patria Nostra.
Dien Bien Phu 2nd REP Paras
Novel A short clip of the history of the 2nd REP Parachute regiment. As part of their role in Indochina and Dien Bien Phu.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Freytag
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September 6, 2016
By Blood Spilt Trilogy.
By Blood Spilt Trilogy. By Blood Spilt Trilogy. A collection of the three first novels in the series. Steele’s Dien Bien Phu. While fighting as a Knight Templar in the Holy Land, St…
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September 2, 2016
August 31, 2016
Steele’s Death March
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August 26, 2016
Blog Posts.
The Heroic Odyssey of 5e Régiment Étranger d’Infanterie. The other day I was really bored at work. I don’t know if it was watching Japanese tourists taking photos of everything in sight that …
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