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Jean-Louis leaves France for Algeria (may 28, 1972 – jan 1, 1976)

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Frustrated over Mai 68 and France's inability to reform, Jean-Louis sees his mandatory military time as a way to leave. He leaves his family and France with Dominique in 1972 to work in Algeria as a French cartographer. He doesn’t decide to go back to France until 1976 after having Florence.

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may 28, 1972
jan 1, 1976
~ 3 years and 7 months

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