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Old 06-18-2010, 05:01   #1
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Général Bigeard passed away.

Général Marcel Bigeard has passed away on the 18th of june 2010. He died in his home in Toul aged 94.

RIP Chef!
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Old 06-18-2010, 06:23   #2
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Poignant timing, as today is also the 70th anniversary of General de Gaulle's famous broadcast on BBC airwaves to occupied France on 18 June 1940.

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For this broadcast did in some way create the public personality of General de Gaulle, create the Resistance movement, and in turn create (in modern memory) the idea of unified and free France. President Sarkozy has himself said - 'We are all the children of the 18 June'.
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Old 06-18-2010, 09:02   #3
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Served well at Dien Bien Phu as well.

Captured and released.

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Old 06-18-2010, 09:26   #4
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God Bless,Rest in Peace Warrior..................

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Old 06-18-2010, 11:26   #5
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Rest In Peace General.
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