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[Outlaw Josey Wales]

Something much darker is The Devils Guard by Robert Elford. The "true" story of German SS POWs serving in the Foreign Legion in Indochina. Wether it's true or not it is one of those books that is hard to put down. I bought my copy back in the mid 80s while serving in the Army. it has since been in and out of print.

NOTE: There is great controversy regarding the veracity of this book, but as I said before this story will stay with you for a long time. Nazis bayoneting sleeping Viet Minh in the jungles of Vietnam-hard to beat!

I used to have this book as well as "The Devil's Guard II" where they were brought back but with no evidence of being tied to their Foreign Legion service or their identity as a whole. As for the reality of the books, it's hard to tell. I personally think it may be a bit of fact and fiction. One of the men brought back was located in a small asian nation as head of training their small army. He doesn't say what country, but my first thought was Nepal. One of these day, I might check into some of that stuff to see if I can find something, but will have to reacquire the books again. I loaned them to my Company Commander in the early 90s and never got them back.