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miragen125 OP t1_jd7jq6v wrote

Some of his stories were crazy! The guy was basically real life Rambo:

Captured and Interrogated

Albert volunteered regularly for reconnaissance missions, but on one occasion, he was captured with his wounded lieutenant. Isolated in a bunker during an interrogation, he managed to overwhelm and kill his interrogator, stealing his pistol. He returned to the French lines with 42 new prisoners while wearing his wounded lieutenant on his back.

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miragen125 OP t1_jd7ubwl wrote

>One day, Roche’s unit was hit by a massive artillery strike. In the mountains they could not dig deep trenches, so the artillery shells devastated their ranks. In fact, everyone but Roche was killed by the bombardment. Albert took the rifles of his fallen comrades and prepared to sell his life dearly. As the Germans arrived, he gave them hell. Firing every rifle in the row, and throwing grenades down the slopes, he forced the Germans to abort the attack and retreated

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Feisty-Swing-5840 t1_jd7lz7x wrote

Move over John Rambo, we've got Albert Severin Roche - the OG soldier on a solo mission!

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Psycko_90 t1_jd7m8w1 wrote

Is it the guy that was almost executed for desertion until the higher up realized the mistake just moments before being shot? And then died hit by a car just before WWII

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RandomBilly91 t1_jd9alks wrote

Yeah, he brought back to his line a captain, and was mistook for a deserter/spy when coming back (to another unit). The captain woke up and explained everything

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