Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment

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Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment
Compagnie Parachutiste du 3e Régiment Etranger d'Infanterie
Company Insignia
Active	April 1, 1948 – May 31, 1949 July 1, 1948 – September 1, 1955
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	Foreign Airborne Company
Part of	Legion attached to III/1er RCP (1948-1949) then 1er BEP: 1er BEP I Formation, 1948 1er BEP II Formation, 1951 1er BEP III Formation, 1954 1er REP, 1955
Garrison/HQ	Hanoi
Colors	Green and Red
Anniversaries	Camerone Day
Engagements	First Indochina War
Commanders
Notable commanders	Jacques Morin Paul Arnaud de Foïard
Abbreviation	Para Co. 3e REI

Each year, the 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 3^e REI (French: Compagnie Parachutiste du 3^e Régiment étranger d'Infanterie, Co. Para du 3^e REI) was a paratrooper company formed from the 3e Régiment étranger d'infanterie of the Foreign Legion in the French Army.

Establishment[]

The paratrooper company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment, (Co. Para du 3^e REI) was created on April 1, 1948.^[1] The command of the Co. Para du 3^e 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 3^e 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 3^e 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/1^er 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)[]

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 3^e 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, (1^er BEP, I Formation) which just disembarked in Indochina.^[1]

Notable Officers[]

• 1948 - 1949 : Lieutenant Jacques Morin, company commander
• Lieutenant Paul Arnaud de Foïard (Section-Platoon Commander)

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