At 14 years old, and fresh out of professional training school,

this young Frenchman was ordered to report for work at an

airplane factory, "Les Constructions Amiot", located in the

Paris conurbation. He was assigned, as a mechanic, to an

assembly line building German Junker planes (JU-52).

Along with this paid activity, he volunteered into the Red

Cross where he received nurse training, ... and he joined the

French Resistance as an information agent.

In June 1944, we find him sitting in a US Army Jeep that is

opening the way for the 82nd Rec. Bat., 2nd Armored Div.

US that is moving from Normandy to a strategic location

right outside of Paris. He had enrolled as a Foreign Civilian

Volunteer while the Division was still fighting its way into

Normandy and away from the landing beaches. He will

participate in the liberation of occupied territories through

France and Belgium, all the way to the Dutch border.

A few years after having returned to civilian life, he will

plunge back into warfront military life when he joins the UN

French Battalion sent to Korea, along with units from some

21 other countries headed by the US, as a response to the

United Nations call. He will serve there as a Combat Medic.

His testimony on the "Forgotten war" represents a

precious jewel of that period's history.