Jean-Marc was a French sergeant during World War I.
Biography[]
In September 1916, he was a cook for the 2nd Army,[1] in their headquarters at Souilly for the Verdun area.[2]
After preparing a fine dinner for the generals, who dined upstairs, Jean-Marc ate dinner with the Belgian motorcycle couriers assigned to relay French communications: Rocco, Claude, Alex and Henri Defense (Indiana Jones) . When Defense expressed his confusion over the participants in the war, Jean-Marc began illustrating the networks of opposing alliances that led all the major nations of Europe in the war. Using the food and other objects around him, he demonstrated the geography of the continent and showed the Austrian attack on Serbia by sprinkling the salt (representing Austria) onto a small tomato (representing Serbia), and then eating it.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
François-Eric Gendron played the role of Jean-Marc in the episode "Verdun, September 1916" of the The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.[2]
Though his role in the kitchen in the episode is not mentioned,[2] both The Day of Destiny and The Mata Hari Affair refer to Jean-Marc as a chef.[1][3]
Appearances[]
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Verdun, September 1916" → Demons of Deception
- Verdun, September 1916 comic
- The Day of Destiny
- The Mata Hari Affair