The Only Woman In The French Foreign Legion

Photo: Travers began her career as a nurse

From BBC News Magazine:

A British tennis-playing socialite became the only woman in the French Foreign Legion, leading a daring, wartime, desert escape. She would have been 100 this week and her story remains inspirational, writes biographer and friend Wendy Holden.

When I first met Susan Travers in a Paris nursing home in 1999, she was a papery-skinned 90-year-old who spoke with a cut-glass English accent. Unable to walk, she insisted that before we began I wheel her to a local restaurant for lunch.

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My Comment: She must have been a very tough broad when she was young.

This Has To Make One Wonder ....

Americans Buy Enough Guns in 3 Months to Outfit Entire Chinese & Indian Armies -- Gateway Pundit

Americans bought enough guns in the first 3 months of the year to outfit the entire Chinese and Indian armies combined.

Earlier this year Barack Obama was awarded “Gun Salesman of the Year” by Outdoor Wire.

A poster showing Barack Obama is seen in the background as customers line up to look at firearms at a gun shop in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. The Cheaper Than Dirt gun store recorded a record day of gun sales the day after the election of President-elect Barack Obama and is having trouble keeping up with the demand for assault riffles.

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My Comment: Many Americans clearly do not feel safe nor comfortable with their future.