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Young Officer's Moroccan Campaign & Military Academy Life
Original title : Saint-Cyr MOROCCO 1933 & Military Life 6TH RTS
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Collection comprising a 200-page school notebook with 60 pages of handwritten diary entries by Robert Le Chevalier, a young officer who died at age 23 on mission. Diary covers February 7-23, 1933, documenting battles in Djebel and Sagho, Morocco. Final page includes army citation and Legion of Honor award in different handwriting. Testimony of a first casualty from the Mangin…
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Collection comprising a 200-page school notebook with 60 pages of handwritten diary entries by Robert Le Chevalier, a young officer who died at age 23 on mission. Diary covers February 7-23, 1933, documenting battles in Djebel and Sagho, Morocco. Final page includes army citation and Legion of Honor award in different handwriting. Testimony of a first casualty from the Mangin promotion. Also included: 'Saint-Cyr and Military Life' by Emile de Féligonde and Captain Jacques Humbert, under General TARGE, published by Ministry of War, Paris, 1929. Octavo, paperback with damaged cover, 94 pages. Cover illustrated by VALERIO. Numerous illustrations and portraits throughout; preface letter and portrait of Marshal included.
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