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Distant Guns

on BBC Two England

A Yesterday's Witness series of six programmes in which British men and women recall their unusual or little-known lives in uniform. 5:Two Legionnaires
Few of the world's fighting forces have captured the imagination of would-be soldiers more completely than the notorious French Foreign Legion. Back in the 1930s, two young Britons decided to enlist: John Yeowell , who hoped for a military career, and Bill Crooks , who joined up as the result of a schoolboy bet that once in the Legion he could escape within six months.
Editor ROLAND ARMSTRONG Written and produced by CHRISTOPHER COOK

Contributors

Unknown:
John Yeowell
Unknown:
Bill Crooks
Editor:
Roland Armstrong
Produced By:
Christopher Cook

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