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‘The First Soldier of France' was a 5'2" one-man army

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Albert Severin Roche tried to join the French Army well before World War I. The army rejected him for being both too scrawny and too short. Eventually, this pint-sized powerhouse would find his way into the army, rescue fellow soldiers, capture hundreds of enemy troops, and even escape from captivity.

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‘The First Soldier of France' was a 5'2" one-man army

Albert Severin Roche, The First Soldier of France, tried to join the French Army well before World War I engulfed continental Europe.

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We Are The Mighty broke the news in United States on Monday, March 20, 2023.
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