Born: Dec. 1, 1920, in Saint-Ceré (pop. 2,547) in France's Massif Central, youngest of an architect's seven children. Baptized Pierre.
Early Life: Quit Roman Catholic parochial school at 16, worked as apprentice typographer, grape picker, stevedore, professional bicycle racer, played football. Briefly a member (at 13) of Jacques Doriot's Fascist Parti Populaire Francais.
World War II: Discharged from air force; after fall of France, fled to Spain, en route to North Africa to join Free French, was imprisoned for six months. Ill in Morocco, he was nursed by black-haired Yvette Céva, Algiers-born daughter of a French colon, married her in 1943 (they...
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