In 1940, when France's armies were in full retreat, a gallant young officer tried almost singlehanded to stem the German advance. Time & again he flung his motorized squadron through the enemy lines. A machine-gun blast shattered his left arm, and he fought on. Soon afterward, a grenade ripped off the wounded hand. A night later, his arm amputated, the young officer shinnied down out of a military hospital window and escaped. Thus crippled, he parachuted into Nazi territory to carry on the fight underground. A grateful nation later rewarded Captain Antoine-Pierre-Etienne...
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