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Dates: during 1927-1927
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...Belgium. Good order was momentarily threatened at the palace gates in Brussels when 50 or so Legionaries and wives, who had read in Paris newspapers that King Albert was to receive the Legion, were refused admittance to the royal presence. Legionary Henry Brechner of Philadelphia, onetime pugilist, shouted, "I'll show you I'm as good as you are. I wasn't in the ring three years for nothing!" and punched the jaw of a California member of the official Savage party. Legionary Brechner was thrown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Legion Retreats | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

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