sentences:  A volunteer who joined the Free French Forces in Africa in 1940.Later, he was assigned as commanding officer of the 9e Compagnie, Régiment de Marche du Tchad (Ninth Company, Regiment of March of Chad), known as "La Nueve" as it was mainly composed of Spanish republicans.The 9th Company was a unit of the 3rd battalion RMT, part of the French 2nd Armored Division.