Yesterday's Witness S14 E05 Two Legionnaires

Few of the world's fighting forces have captured the imagination of would-be soldiers more completely than the notorious French Foreign Legion. Back in the 1930s, two young Britons decided to enlist: John Yeowell , who hoped for a military career, and Bill Crooks , who joined up as the result of a schoolboy bet that once in the Legion he could escape within six months.