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Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment
(Compagnie Parachutiste du 3e Régiment Etranger d'Infanterie)
Company Insignia
ActiveApril 1, 1948 – May 31, 1949
July 1, 1948 – September 1, 1955
CountryFrance
BranchFrench Foreign Legion
TypeForeign Airborne Company
Part ofLegion attached to III/1er RCP (1948-1949)

then 1er BEP:

Garrison/HQHanoi
ColorsGreen and Red
AnniversariesCamerone Day
EngagementsFirst Indochina War
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Jacques Morin Paul Arnaud de Foïard
AbbreviationPara Co. 3e REI
Each year, the French Foreign Legion commemorates and celebrates Camarón in its headquarters in Aubagne and Bastille Day military parade in Paris; featuring the Pionniers leading and opening the way.

The Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (Template:Lang-fr) was a foreign paratrooper company formed from the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment of the French Foreign Legion.

Creation and different nomination designations

Main articles: List of French paratrooper units and Paul Arnaud de Foïard

Compagnie Parachutiste du 3e REI

When the idea of paratroopers imposed a visit on the Legion, TAP formations already presented titles of glory on all the lists of battlefields across World War II.[1] Nevertheless, Indochina would really be the crucible in which morale "état d'esprit" and French TAP style would surface.[1] The glory of sacrifice and the nostalgia of a lost cause would entertain the myth.[1]

The paratrooper company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment, (Co. Para du 3e REI) was created on April 1, 1948.[1] The command of the Co. Para du 3e REI was entrusted to a young 23-year-old veteran, Legion lieutenant Jacques Morin[2] as Regimental Commander or "Chef de Corps" of the Co. Para du the 3e REI from April 31, 1948 to May 31, 1949.[1] Volunteers filled in the ranks from the foreign regiments present in already in Indochina.[1] Dependent on the organization of the 3e REI, the raised foreign parachute company was operated under the operational missions of the 3rd Indochina Air Infantry Battalion of the 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment, (III/1er RCP).[1]

The insignia of the Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment was created in 1948 by the Jacques Morin. The combat company insignia represents an eastern dragon, winged and armed with a sword guarding the insignia of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment at the center of legion colors.

Campaigns (1948-1949)

Main articles: Pierre Segretain, Pierre Jeanpierre, and 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment

Stationed at Hanoi, the Para company engaged immediately and partakes in active airborne operations.[1] Following a series of brilliant combat action operations in the most exposed sectors of the high regions and airborne operations in the Delta, the para company of the 3e REI is dissolved on May 31, 1949.[1] At the time of the dissolve, the para company counted : 3 Legion officers, 14 Sous-officiers, 92 Legion corporals and Legionnaires, all of whom were transferred to the first formation of the 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion, (1er BEP, I Formation) which just disembarked in Indochina.[1]

Organization

Traditions

The Archangel Michael featured in Mont Saint-Michel and the Insignia of the 9th Parachute Chasseur Regiment.

Insignias

The insignia of the Foreign Legion Paratroopers of France represents a closed <<winged armed dextrochere>>, meaning a "right winged arm" armed with a sword pointing upwards. The Insignia makes reference to the Patron of Paratroopers. In fact, the Insignia represents <<the right Arm of Saint Michael>>, the Archangel which according to Liturgy is the <<Armed Arm of God>>. This Insignia is the symbol of righteous combat and fidelity to superior missions.

Colonel Paul Marie Félix Jacques René Arnaud de Foïard
(1921-2005)

Company Colors

Company Song

Decorations

Honours

Battle honours

Company Commander

  • 1948 - 1949 : Lieutenant Jacques Morin

Notable Officers and Legionnaires

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j [1] Official Website of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment, History of the 2e REP, The origins...
  2. ^ [2] Chant de Promotion: Commandant Morin ESM Saint-Cyr
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