If the holidays make you feel like running away and joining the French Foreign Legion, you're not alone. We speak with one man who left his corporate job, moved to France, and took on a new identity as a "legionnaire." Find out why a force with the unofficial slogan "March or Die" continues to attract new recruits.
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French Foreign Legion
Listen Monday, Dec. 18, 2006 at 12:30 p.m. in Conflict, Society
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Guests
Jamie Salazar
author of "Legion of the Lost" (Penguin)
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