Lazare Ponticelli was born in Italy on Dec, 24th 1897. He emigrated in France when he was 9. A few days after WW1 burst out on Aug, 3rd 1914, he enrollied in Légion Etrangère. From 1914-1915, he fought in the battlefields in Argonne and in Meuse. He was demobed in 1915 as Italy just entered the war with the allies and he enrolled the Italian army because he was Italian. He fought the Austrians on these battlefields : Dolomites, Monte Cucco and Monte Grappa. In 1920, he created a great factory and during WW2, he became part of the French resistance in 1942. He retired in 1960. and passed away on March, 17th 2008
merci pour ces videos, et de me "nous" faire partager votre honeur d'avoir pu èchanger des moments comme celui ci avec Mr Ponticelli....
JustFrench80 1 month ago
May all soldiers of that war can Rest in Peace... with all "my" our Respect... We will never forget what they have done..... et le respect de mon pays
JustFrench80 1 month ago
BLESS HIM HE MADE HIS COUNTRY PROUD
MrPortoPimenta 2 months ago
Hommage a cette homme...
Panzer074 3 months ago
Vive la legion etrangere
destroyernapalm 5 months ago
I'm really glad you guys did this. It's to sad that WWI is forgotten and over shadowed.
kittennotebooksuprem 5 months ago
I liked this,this is going to sound really stupid but is he still alive
bernardmcbride 8 months ago