Word: baroudeur
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...Maximilian in Mexico. Now there were 1,500 Legionnaires in Indo-China ready to die for Strongpoint Isabelle. They were commanded by Colonel André Lalande from St. Cyr Military Academy, veteran of Narvik, El Alamein, Italy and the Vosges. Lalande was a tough customer: his Legionnaires called him "baroudeur," a brawler. Lalande did not wait for the Communists to come, 20 to 1, to get him. At 0115, he ordered the charge...
...small enough to operate from short airstrips close to the lines, yet big enough to carry a tactical Abomb. The three most likely candidates: Britain's Folland "Gnat" (TIME, Aug. 3), a new delta-wing jet designed by A. V. Roe & Co., and a light French plane, the "Baroudeur," that can reportedly nudge the speed of sound...
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