This study explores how the rigid ideals of womanhood and femininity that arise as a function of the 'maleness' of the military context affect the lives of one group of women attached to a regiment of the French Foreign Legion: the wives and concubines2 of non-commissioned officers and ...
01:18 Expo '92: Prince and Princess of Wales visit 01:12 Conflict: Spanish Ambassador Respects 02:15 Conflict: Spanish Ambassador Respects 00:23 Spanish Dictator General Francisco Franco leaves after visit with Vichy French leader Marshal Henri-Philippe Petain 00:20 Franco and Petain greet crowds...
In 1901 he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the French government in recognition of his services as Hawaiʻi’s representative to the Paris Exposition. By 1909, William G Irwin and Company’s fortunes had declined and, reaching retirement age, Irwin reluctantly decided to clos...
French AMX 10 Light Tank An AMX 10 Light Tank of the French Foreign Legion, probably the 1st REC, as part of the Coalition forces against the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Note that this useful item of light armour is wheeled, rather than tracked for speed and durability on roa... Iraqi...
Fallen Angel. A legionnaire from the French Foreign Legion’s 2REP (Foreign Parachute Regiment) sits in an armored personnel carrier en route to an operation near Badpash Kusa Kala, Afghanistan on June 16, 2010. (Photo and caption by Steven Greaves) ...
WIDE ANGLE DOWN OF BATTLEFIELD LOOKING FROM MACHINE GUN NEST AT TOP OF FORT OR PRESIDIO. SEE MACHINE GUN IN RIGHT FOREGROUND. SEE STEAM ENGINE TRAIN APPROACHING IN DISTANCE. 00:52 French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier arrives in Tunis in 1939 Aboard the Foch naval cruiser ...
Riedel Army News Service SAINTE CÔME DU MONT, France – With the tricolor of French, American and British flags draped in the windows, pa- rades of vintage military vehicles and ceremonies in villages across the region, Normandy was abuzz with celebration on the...
French Border Police officer (PAF) on patrol on his boat 00:07 coast guard boat at full speed 00:20 Nautical Shipping and Transportation 02:20 HONG KONG: Illegal immigrants from China and Vietnam are deported 00:14 Border Patrol Monitors Canadian-American Border ...