Betty Bigle and Gérald Bigle on Armand Bigle
Betty Bigle: My husband studied law and he loved journalism. While studying, he went to the New York Herald to work there when he was not at the University. He went there in the evenings, very late. He first served as a bellboy at the New York Herald, rue de Berri. Then they showed him how a newspaper was created. That fascinated him. Then he had to do his military service and World War II started, so he did not go home as he was drafted. He was 18. He was in the war, got wounded and left for the south of France, close to Montauban. There he stayed for a while, worked in several places to be able to survive. He was still named Akimoff at the time. Then he joined the Resistance. He was in charge of the newspaper Vaincre and they asked him what nickname he wanted to take. Very quickly he said, “I wear glasses, so I need to be called ‘Le Bigleux’ or ‘Bigle’ ” “Le Bigle de service.” [“The shortsighted”] In the Resistance he was with Mgr. Théas in Moissac. They bombed trains and quite a few other things.
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- 1 - Bill Cottrell (Bob Thomas)
- 2 - Bill Justice and Bob Broughton (Bob Thomas)
- 3 - Ken OConnor (Bob Thomas)
- 4 - Ken OConnor (EMC West)
- 5 - Armand Bigle with Betty Bigle (Bob Thomas)
- 6 - Betty Bigle and Gérald Bigle on Armand Bigle
- 7 - Dominique Bigle on Armand Bigle (Didier Ghez)
- 8 - Pierre Nicolas (Didier Ghez, 1991)
- 9 - Pierre Nicolas (Didier Ghez, 2008)
- 10 - Antonio Bertini (Bob Thomas)
- 11 - To the Top in Ten Years with the Family Formula (Kinematograph Weekly)
- 12 - Disney in the Scandinavian Countries 1928-1945 (Are Myklebust)
- 13 - Andy Thewlis (Bob Thomas)
- 14 - Gunnar Mansson (Bob Thomas)
- 15 - Horst Koblischek (Bob Thomas)
- 16 - Dan Gonzales on Manuel Gonzales (François Willot, Armando Botto)
- 17 - Irving Ludwig (Bob Thomas)
- 18 - The Music of Treasure Island (John Huntley)
- 19 - Herb Hughes (Didier Ghez)
- 20 - Royal "Mickey" Clark (Jim Korkis & Didier Ghez)
- 21 - Royal "Mickey" Clark (Bob Thomas)
- 22 - Marvin Davis and Marjorie Davis (Bob Thomas)
- 23 - Marty Sklar (Bob Thomas)
- 24 - Dick Nunis (Bob Thomas)
- 25 - Jack Lindquist (Bob Thomas)
- 26 - Craig McNair Wilson (Jim Korkis)
- 27 - Kym Murphy (Didier Ghez)
- 28 - Chris Runco (Didier Ghez)
