Parachutistes Indochine! 1946-54

[Legionnaire]

www.legionetrangere.us

We represent 13e Demi Brigade (DBLE), 1946-54. Our primary impression however is early war Foreign Legion, specifically 1946-50 with the primary uniform KD, bush hats, rangers, MAS36, etc. We decided to leave the airborne wings and camouflage to history and concentrate on the Legionnaires who served in the early part of the conflict.

[mikepenver]

Very nice.

[Legionnaire]

Merci Mike!

We've gone through many changes. We are now one unit composed of three units (1er BEP, 3e BCCP and GCMA).

[twoninersavoy]

This unit folded back in 2010 when its members left French Indochina War for Vietnam War reenacting, however, we have resurrected several photos from 3e BCCP/13e DBLE here:

www.longrangepatrol.com/french_indochina_war_1946_1954.html

[john]

Well not entirely the right story for the 3eBccp unit. The founder actually folded the unit From underneath it's members

[twoninersavoy]

We just uploaded another series of photos of 13e DBLE (c. 1950) taken at an event in 2009 that had a fantastic array of woodland, similar to the Viet-Bac and a set of photos we took at a display where we met a Vietnamese survivor from Dien Bien Phu.