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The other would be the real one, composed entirely of young enthusiasts in camouflage uniforms, who would not be put on display, but from whom impossible efforts would be demanded and to whom all sorts of tricks would be taught. That's the army in which I should like to fight.

Jean Lartéguy

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Jean Lartéguy

Jean Lartéguy

Born: September 5, 1920
Died: February 23, 2011 (aged 90)
Bio: Jean Lartéguy was the nom de plume of Jean Pierre Lucien Osty, a French writer, journalist, and former soldier. He was born in 1920 in Maisons-Alfort, Val-de-Marne and died in 2011.
Known for:
  1. The Centurions (1960)
  2. The praetorians (1963)
  3. The walls of Israel
  4. L' adieu à Saigon (1975)
  5. Les tambours de bronze (1965)

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