Sometimes foreign volunteers were or are incorporated into ordinary units.
The regiment was formed in 1939 from foreign volunteers wishing to serve France.
In particular, he said, the foreign medical volunteers did not know how to treat children with severe diarrhea.
He is also impressed by a foreign Christian volunteer who helped his sick friend deal with tragic experiences during the war.
Although most of its members are Syrian, foreign volunteers play a key role in the leadership of the group.
Under the accords, all foreign volunteers were to have left by Jan. 19.
The problem, he says, was always the foreign volunteers.
Many towns have not seen a single Government worker, and are relying on foreign volunteers or none at all.
He was the most distinguished foreign volunteer to the American army, providing legitimacy for their side.
But if some of these foreign volunteers get shot or even killed, then the international media will sit up and take notice.