Mobilized in Paris in 1960, the journalist joined the editorial staff of “Bled”. In 1961, he was posted to Algeria. Begins the life of a “real” soldier.
Interview by Jerome Begle
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Point : At what age and in what state of mind are you leaving for Algeria?
Philippe Labro: I am 22 years old and I am already a journalist at France-Evening. I’ve exhausted every reprieve the law offered me. One day, I find myself in Montlhéry to do my classes. I had refused to go to school for officers or non-commissioned officers, because I had seen in the Montlhéry experience the opportunity to meet my country and young people of my age whom I had not met in the small media village of which I was a part. Two months later, I am versed in the drafting of the weekly military information The Bled, in Paris. I meet strangers, who won’t stay that way for long, like Jacques Séguéla, Francis Veber or Just Jaeckin. I lead an almost normal life there: I sleep at…
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