“Frenchie: The Story of the French-Speaking Cajuns of World War II,” by Jason P. Theriot, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 229 pages Growing up in the 1920s and '30s, young Cajuns in ...
NEW IBERIA, La. (WVUE) - When Louisiana Cajuns began enlisting in the armed forces during World War II, the U.S. military realized it had a valuable resource of French-speaking soldiers. Decades later ...