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Legionnaires of the 1ère Compagnie Saharienne Portée de la Légion étrangère (CSPL) in Algeria, 1956.
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I am attaching a photo of my cousin. He was from Belgium. He fought with the French Foreign Legion during WWII. He died fighting the Nazis in North Africa. I am guessing that he was about 14 in the photo. I am named after him (middle name). I do know that, during the early days of the war, the Legion was often sent on the most dangerous of missions, behind enemy lines and that they had high casualty rates.
 

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My sister still lives in our childhood home and yesterday I helped her husband move dome stuff out of their basement. I discovered my very first fishing pole leaning up in a corner, I hadn't seen that thing in fifty years! My neighbor gave it to me when I was very young. I was so poor I couldn't afford a real bobber so had to make one out of a ball.lol. I even remember that black string, my parents had a big spool of it and I would use it for everything.0406221510.jpg
 
Abraham Lincoln - held a patent.

On May 22, 1849, Abraham Lincoln received Patent No. 6469 for a device to lift boats over shoals, an invention which was never manufactured. However, it eventually made him the only U.S. president to hold a patent. Shown here is a replica of his scale model at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

https://www.abrahamlincolnonline.or...am,Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
 
JonSR77 said:
Abraham Lincoln - held a patent.

On May 22, 1849, Abraham Lincoln received Patent No. 6469 for a device to lift boats over shoals, an invention which was never manufactured. However, it eventually made him the only U.S. president to hold a patent. Shown here is a replica of his scale model at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

https://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/education/patent.htm#:~:text=On May 22, 1849, Abraham,Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
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Very interesting read.
 
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From the Archives: Protesters denounce U.S. involvement in World War II
 
Jokes by Abraham Lincoln...

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  1. To General Joe Hooker, Lincoln sent this missive: “I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of you recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course, it is not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command [of the Union Army]. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictatorships. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.”



https://thelogcabinsage.com/lincolns-shorts-10-one-liners-by-abraham-lincoln/
 
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Former British prime minister Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern signing the Belfast Agreement (aka Good Friday Agreement) (Belfast, Northern Ireland 1998)
 
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