1. Susan Mary Gillian Travers was a British nurse and ambulance driver who served in the French Red Cross during the Second World War.
11 Facts About Susan Travers
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Susan Travers later became the only woman to be enlisted in the French Foreign Legion, having served in French Indochina, during the First Indochina War.
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At the outbreak of the Second World War, Susan Travers joined the French Red Cross as a nurse.
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Susan Travers served in the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion as a driver for the medical officer, where she gained the nickname "La Miss".
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Susan Travers, aided by a Vietnamese driver, fixed it on the spot immediately.
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Susan Travers' vehicle had eleven bullet holes, with a shock absorber destroyed and the brakes unserviceable.
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Susan Travers, driving a self-propelled anti-tank gun, remained with the French Foreign Legion.
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Susan Travers later served in the Italian Campaign and the Western Front, during which she was wounded when she drove over a land mine.
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Susan Travers applied to and was formally enrolled in the Legion Etrangere, as an adjudant-chef.
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Susan Travers married Legion Adjudant-Chef Nicolas Schlegelmilch, who had fought at Bir Hakeim with the 13th Demi-Brigade.
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Susan Travers waited for all the other principals in her life story to die before writing her autobiography.