TIL that Albert Severin Roche, who was initially rejected by the French Army for being "too puny", was publicly called "the first soldier of France" by General Foch in 1918 for his heroism in WWI en.wikipedia.org Submitted by AnselaJonla t3_10nmpcf on January 28, 2023 at 7:04 PM in todayilearned 15 comments 236
Balderk68 t1_j6cnov5 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 11:36 AM Excellent (and pretty funny) short video about his exploits: https://youtu.be/ZO9mjKckXS4 (there's subtitles). Permalink 1
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