Comments on: Ex-Legionnaire Spills the Vanilla Beans https://sarafondo.com/ex-legionnaire-spills-the-vanilla-beans/ Adventure Travel Fri, 26 Dec 2025 18:49:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sara https://sarafondo.com/ex-legionnaire-spills-the-vanilla-beans/#comment-334 Sat, 20 Dec 2025 15:37:35 +0000 https://sarafondo.com/?p=1280#comment-334 In reply to will Crow.

Will! What a memory – you really bring him to life! Sunburnt, tattooed, whisky in hand, I can almost picture him. Thanks for sharing! 🙂

]]> By: will Crow https://sarafondo.com/ex-legionnaire-spills-the-vanilla-beans/#comment-303 Sun, 09 Nov 2025 10:20:13 +0000 https://sarafondo.com/?p=1280#comment-303 In the 90’s I met an old Legionnaire at Finnegan’s Wake bar in Key West Florida. Like this guy, he had every other tooth in his mouth. He had been with the Paras in 53′ at Dien Bien Phu and escaped through the lines to join up with Colonel Sassi and the Hmong in Laos harassing Vietminh supply lines.
He was sunburnt, tattooed and enjoyed his single malt whiskey and unfiltered Camel cigarettes. One hell of a life!

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