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The actual Legion existed to provide a body of CannonFodder who could fight in dangerous and distant lands without risking the lives of too many actual French citizens, though in recent years it took the role of a far smaller, elite infantry unit, complemented by a light armor regiment. French citizenship is often the reward for a Legionnaire who has completed five years of service or been wounded in action (the latter option being known as becoming ''Français par le sang versé''--"French by spilled blood").

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The actual Legion existed to provide began as a body source of CannonFodder who could to fight in dangerous and distant lands without risking the lives of too many actual French citizens, though in recent citizens. However, tough training and years of campaigning in harsh environments turned it took the role of a far smaller, into an elite infantry unit, complemented by a light armor regiment. French citizenship is often the reward for expeditionary force with infantry, armor, and airborne components. For a Legionnaire who has completed completes five years of service or has been wounded in action action, French citizenship is the reward (the latter option being known as becoming ''Français par le sang versé''--"French by spilled blood").
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* ''Creator/AbbottAndCostello in the Foreign Legion'' has Bud and Lou somehow enlisting with the Legion in Algiers by accident. They proceed to save the day by accident, and are rewarded with medals and honorable discharges.

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* ''Creator/AbbottAndCostello in the Foreign Legion'' has ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloInTheForeignLegion'': Bud and Lou somehow get tricked into enlisting with the Legion in Algiers by accident.Algiers. They proceed to save the day by accident, and are rewarded with medals and honorable discharges.
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* ''Film/DesertLegion'', a 1953 film where a Legionnaire Captain falls for the Princess of a desert country after he's rescued by the latter.

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