In turban and loincloth, Lieutenant Dupas can pass among Red Sea fishermen as one of their own. An army officer attached for years to a Moroccan unit, Dupas learned to live, talk and think like an Arab. A recent assignment: to teach French paratroopers how to jump into the sea and swim by Aqualung… Ship’s dog yapped at first shark hauled aboard, but soon grew bored at the sight.
National Geographic 1952
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