Certainly, his autobiography is suitable for creating a distinguished fictional work, as his exciting and unusual life experience may inspire a creator to extract a literary work from it. He joined the French army at the age of (14) in order to provide the necessary money to perform surgery to treat the eyes of his uncle who was afflicted with a disease in his eyes that almost made him lose his sight. He participated in the Second World War at this young age with the Allied armies, and won seven medals after the end of the war in 1945 in a ceremony held in the English city of Liverpool.

 He is the Saudi soldier Saleh bin Aqeel Al-Uqla who later became a brigadier general in the Royal Saudi Air Force, and died thirty years a, specifically in 1993.

Life of Pain:

Saleh Al-Uqla was born in the Hail region, and grew up as an orphan, as his father died when he was seven years old, then his mother died. He worked in agriculture while he was young, and his difficult circumstances did not allow him to join the Kuttab (traditional school) to learn at that early time of his life, and he received an education after joining the French army in Syria.

After his uncle Aqeel Al-Ali Al-Uqla went blind, he went to Baghdad to search for an ophthalmologist to treat him, so Saleh decided to with him. When he spoke to his uncle about it, he refused strongly because of his young age – however, he was able to convince him after several attempts, he was forced to agree due to the absence of anyone other than Saleh to with him.

They traveled on camels, and Saleh and his uncle were accompanied by three Bedouins who were the guides of the road, because his uncle could not see and Saleh was then young and had not traveled before. The journey was extremely arduous, and after nine days they reached Baghdad and it was a shock because they did not find an ophthalmologist. Then they decided to travel to the Levant to search for an ophthalmologist there, and that was in 1930 AD – they headed to Palmyra because it was considered at that time the main center for the people of Najd from Hail and Qassim. Unfortunately, they were told that there was no eye doctor and that the only doctor was in Jerusalem.

This trip contributed greatly to determining the future of Brigadier General Saleh Al-Uqla when he asked his uncle about the amount of money with him, and found it insufficient even for the costs of treatment – in addition to the costs of their trip to Jerusalem then their return to Hail. He found nothing before him but to "write" as a military man, and told his uncle of his decision, but he refused and said that he preferred to remain blind for the rest of his life than to take this step, but he agreed in front of his persistence. Indeed, he joined the French army as a military man. He was registered as 18 years old based on the advice of the French registration officer, with a salary of four ld pounds, which was a high salary at the time. He saved 12 ld pounds for his uncle, who went to Jerusalem to under the operation with a group of people from Najd from the Aqailat. He underwent the operation, regained his sight, and returned to Hail seeing.

In World War:

Perhaps many historians do not know that there were Saudis who participated in World War II, and historical research and studies may clearly reveal that. But as some sources indicate, Brigadier General Saleh Al-Uqla participated in World War II (1939-1945) which took place between the Allied armies (England, France, USA, Russia) on one hand, and the Axis armies (Germany, Italy, Japan) on the other, covering large areas of the world''s continents.

Brigadier General Saleh Al-Uqla participated in World War II and was an eyewitness to most of the events of the war. Brigadier General Saleh survived certain death after the camp he participated in was subjected to consecutive air raids from German aircraft. He met a number of well-known military figures including: Bernard Montmery and Erwin Rommel, the Commander-in-Chief of German forces in North Africa.

After the end of World War II, forty soldiers and seven officers were elected to represent the Jordanian army in the Allied victory celebrations to to the United Kingdom. One of the officers chosen was Brigadier General Saleh Al-Uqla, who was then holding the rank of first lieutenant. Indeed, they went from Jordan to Egypt and headed straight to Port Said, and stayed in the prepared camps there for several days, then they took the ship heading to Britain via Malta and Gibraltar. The journey took three months until they reached the port of Liverpool and from there they moved to London. There they were received by some military officials and some lords who welcomed them warmly. they participated in the celebrations and were taken on a reconnaissance tour in London to visit archaeological sites, the Royal Palace, the Wax Museum, and major commercial stores.

Thus, Al-Uqla''s experience constitutes a dramatic human experience full of events that can turn into a distinguished fictional work, especially since historians have not previously referred to such events in a war that took place in many parts of the world, especially in Europe, Asia, America, and North Africa.