In a historic step, France’s lower house of parliament has voted unanimously to recognise the suffering of people repatriated ...

The Indochina War was one of the bloodiest ... The ensuing battles between the Viet Minh and the French forces, including local soldiers fighting on the side of the French, were marked by extreme ...

Most were French soldiers, but there were also many enemy ... of women helicopter pilots that Phelan co-founded in 1955. After Indochina, where she earned the French Croix de Guerre, the Grand ...

Those who remain unnamed would be laid to rest in a cemetery for soldiers who lost their lives in the 1946-1954 Indochina war. Vietnam’s victory over the French in Dien Bien Phu led to the ...

The French Foreign Legion is regarded as the toughest army corps in the world. Its soldiers fight on the ... Morocco and Indochina. And they were often associated with the dubious reputation ...

Cap St. Jacques is the Atlantic City of Indo-China, a city of palms and black sandy beach, at the mouth of the Saigon River. There, a group of French officers on sick leave were dining one evening ...

Stories categorised in 'French Indochina (Vietnam)'. These stories may contain references to other themes. Day 27 - Ta Ya Koi, Yunnan Province, three miles from Mekong River. To avoid being ...

One of his previous books, “Through the Valley” (2016), recounted his experience as the last American soldier to be captured ... on his first tour of duty in Indochina flying OV-1 Mohawk ...