INDOCHINA

• 3e Bataillon de Parachutistes Vietnamiens 1952 (3e BPVN)

• Wounded in action (Son Thanh) in 1952...

• Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur - 24 ans (!)- 'pour faits de guerre'

• Promoted lieutenant in jan 1954

NORTH AFRICA

• 11e Bataillon Parachutiste de Choc (11eme Choc)

• in Egypt, parachute dropped over the Suez Canal

• 1er Regiment Etranger Parachutiste (10eme Division Parachutiste) in aug 1958, lieutenant in the 3eme Compagnie

• Officier de la Legion d'honneur (30 ans) 'à titre exceptionnel' in 1960

• Promoted captain in jan 1961, 1ere Compagnie, 1er REP (Regiment Etranger Parachutiste)

EARLY DAYS

• He was volunteer to fight in Indochine (Viet-Nam, Laos, Cambodge...) in 1950

• Promoted sergeant in oct 1950

• St Maixent's officers' school in dec 1950, then Pau's camp

• Promoted second-lieutenant in oct 1951

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