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During 1940 at the age of 21 Adrien
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In 1939 Pommier volunteered to be enlisted but was refused as he did not yet have the required age. Leaving the recruiting center he met a member of the secret army of Billom, and after being recruited served as an intelligence liaison until he joined the
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At the end of June and in early July, the F.F.I. Companies were regrouped, equipped and kept up the fight until the country was completely liberated. The 4th company, like most of the other F.F.I. units, joined the 1st army commanded by
General
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Pommier, Jacques Meunier, Maquis D'Isserteaux, Rafles De Décembre 1943, Fusillés Du 92, Crimes De Guerre Nazis, Déportation: Dans L'est Du Puy-de-Dôme. Ytrac: Éd. Authrefois, 2013. Print.
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