Episode 14: Joel Struthers and the French Foreign Legion
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There’s probably no other military unit shrouded in so much legend, myth and even notoriety as the French Foreign Legion. But a new book by Canadian author Joel Struthers, called Appel: A Canadian in the French Foreign Legion, cuts through a lot of the many misconceptions by giving a clear, no BS account of what it's like to wear the uniform of this storied unit.To get your own copy of the book and to support Joel Struthers PTSD awareness initiative, check out his website www.legionengineered.com  
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