To: risk
If this picture is from Salan's period as commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Corps, then the picture is around 1953, after De Lattre's death.
Before De Lattre, in 1948-49 if I'm not mistaken, the French troops launched a combined operation with Marines, Legion and Paratroops. Because the operation couldn't be done secretly, the communists were warned and the airborne troops missed Ho-Chi-Minh by 30 goddamn minutes. Many things would have been quite different in Southeast Asia had uncle Ho not escaped.
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French Indochina history bump
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01/26/2004 1:14:54 AM PST by
risk
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