1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company
The 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company was an ephemeral airborne forces heavy mortar of the Foreign Legion which fought during the First Indochina War at the corps of the French Far East Expeditionary Corps.
Company Insignia
Each year, the Foreign Legion commemorates and celebrates CamarĂ³n in its headquarters in Aubagne and Bastille Day military parade in Paris; featuring the Pionniers leading and opening the way.
Members of the 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company in Indochina.
The Archangel Michael featured in Mont Saint-Michel and the Insignia of the 9th Parachute Chasseur Regiment.
French Far East Expeditionary Corps
The French Far East Expeditionary Corps was a colonial expeditionary force of the French Union Army that was initially formed in French Indochina in 1945 during the Pacific War. The CEFEO later fought and lost in the First Indochina War against the Viet Minh rebels.
CEFEO insignia bearing the traditional French Navy anchor symbol.
Soldiers of 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company c.1954.