Originally Posted by Missileer

I knew a man who, as a young, dumb boy, signed up in the 50's and served in North Africa. He said that everyone picked up a little of each other's language. He said that there were mostly Germans at that time and that you were guaranteed anonymity from the time you signed up. The Officers were French and no part of the Legion could serve in France.

Shortly after he joined, the Korean war ended and because of some turncoats, President Eisenhower had a law passed that if anyone served in a foreign military, their citizenship was revoked. Bill, my friend, said that it just got too tough and he escaped and found himself in Cairo, a man without a Country. Arabs and French were after him and he knew he was dead either way. His Mother was finally able to get a Congressman to make an exception for him because he was too young to serve when he joined.

That is the way it was related to me by the person and I haven't thought of the subject for years so I'm not much of a source.