legion
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Legionnaires’ disease was discovered in 1976 after a major outbreak affecting attendees of a convention of the American Legion in Philadelphia, according to the CDC.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Quinnell’s first two novels about former French Foreign Legion soldier John Creasy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
The latter received a Congressional Medal of Honor and the former a Legion of Merit award for Extraordinary Heroism.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
"These guys push themselves not to replicate the Legion of Boom, but to live up to a standard, and now they're creating their own identity."
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
“What have we got? A Viking berserker, a Rogue Legion, a Persian mystic, a Bedouin clan, and a Chinese ablutionist. I know! We can hide in a cave or something.”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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