It would be helpful to know in which conflict / exercise the army in the first photo were. To me it looks like they are Italians. Perhaps 1930s Abyssinia from the terrain.
However, both the soldier and the Doctor are to be admired for their strength.
It would be helpful to know in which conflict / exercise the army in the first photo were. To me it looks like they are Italians. Perhaps 1930s Abyssinia from the terrain.
However, both the soldier and the Doctor are to be admired for their strength.
If you don't feel like reading, here's the short In July 1958, the French 13e demi-brigade de Légion étrangère (13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion) was on duty in Algeria (near Jebel) when they found a foal (a baby donkey) that had been abandoned and was dying of hunger. The soldiers took pity of the animal and decided to take it back with them to their base,” the article explains.The photo was shared in the Paris Match and Daily Mail newspapers, as well as in the British newspaper the Daily Mirror in September 1958.A Muslim harki carried the donkey, whom they nicknamed Bambi, back to the base with him after the animal couldn’t keep pace with the legionnaires. Bambi would eventually become the official mascot of the French Foreign Legion unit.
If you don't feel like reading, here's the short In July 1958, the French 13e demi-brigade de Légion étrangère (13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion) was on duty in Algeria (near Jebel) when they found a foal (a baby donkey) that had been abandoned and was dying of hunger. The soldiers took pity of the animal and decided to take it back with them to their base,” the article explains.The photo was shared in the Paris Match and Daily Mail newspapers, as well as in the British newspaper the Daily Mirror in September 1958.A Muslim harki carried the donkey, whom they nicknamed Bambi, back to the base with him after the animal couldn’t keep pace with the legionnaires. Bambi would eventually become the official mascot of the French Foreign Legion unit.
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