Balderk68 t1_j6cnov5 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 11:36 AM Reply to 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 by AnselaJonla Excellent (and pretty funny) short video about his exploits: https://youtu.be/ZO9mjKckXS4 (there's subtitles). Permalink 1
Balderk68 t1_j6cnov5 wrote
Reply to 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 by AnselaJonla
Excellent (and pretty funny) short video about his exploits: https://youtu.be/ZO9mjKckXS4 (there's subtitles).