serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance birth_date rank article_title name
1932 spanish republican army -rrb- 1940 -- 1945 -lrb- french army -- -rrb- 1936 -lrb- brazilian army -rrb- 1936 -lrb- brazilian army french army rio de janeiro , brazil 23 september 2005 corumbá -lrb- mato grosso -rrb- , brasil brazil france flag of the international brigades.svg foreign volunteers free 9 february 1912 leutenent -lrb- france -rrb- -lrb- brazil -rrb- captain -lrb- spain -rrb- coronel apolônio de carvalho
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apolônio de carvalho

apolônio de carvalho -lrb- born in corumbá on february 9 , 1912 ; died rio de janeiro , september 23 , 2005 -rrb- was a brazilian socialist important in the history of the workers ' party -lrb- brazil -rrb- .
due to his communist ideals , carvalho was expelled from the brazilian army and left for spain to fight alongside the republicans in the spanish civil war and afterwards against the nazis in occupied france , reaching the rank of colonel in the french army .
considered a hero in france , he was awarded the legion of merit among other decorations for bravery .
