Émile Paganon
Émile Paganon (July 19, 1916 – January 25, 2012) was a French military officer of the chasseurs alpins and skier. He was leader of the national Olympic military patrol team in 1948 which placed fifth.
Paganon was born in Thônes.[1] He was married to Herminie with one son. The family lived in the French district Vercors[disambiguation needed 
], when he served as a ski reconnaissance platoon leader in the 6th Bataillon de chasseurs alpins in Gresse from 1941 to 1943 during World War II. In January 1943 their only son died.[2] In the following years he was Lieutenant in the 3rd/7th Bataillon de chasseurs alpins in Savoy.[3] For his merits in the battle of the Little St Bernard Pass he was awarded with the Bronze Star Medal by Montgomery.[1]
He died at the age of 95 years in Bourg-Saint-Maurice.[4]
[edit] Bibliography
- Ulysse Bozonnet: Section Paganon. "Dans les cimes pour la liberté". L'esprit de résistance, de fraternité et de compétition. Chroniques des années 1930-1948, 2005.
[edit] External links
- Captain Paganon, photo from 1960
[edit] References
- ^ a b Actualités de l’amicale (French), EMHM.
- ^ Emile Paganon, une aventure italienne pendant la Résistance (French), March 5, 2008.
- ^ La Savoie libre: Les combats de l'hiver 1944-1945 (French), CDIHP de la Savoie.
- ^ Disparition d'Emile Paganon, un grand résistant savoyard , February 3, 2012.
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