Supply drop to Dien Bien Phu
(Joseph Scherschel. 1954)
The supply loads had to be small enough for a single porter to carry, since the French Union Forces lost control of the airstrip in the first days of the siege.
Supply drop to Dien Bien Phu
(Joseph Scherschel. 1954)
The supply loads had to be small enough for a single porter to carry, since the French Union Forces lost control of the airstrip in the first days of the siege.
Tirailleurs sénégalais Indochina, 1950
Senegalese troops, part of French union Forces, serving during the First Indochina war, Vietnam, 1950.
Senegalese troops, part of French union Forces, serving during the First Indochina war, Vietnam, 1950.
French airman standing on wing of a Grumman F8F Bearcat, during the First Indochina war, 1950.
French airman standing on wing of a Grumman F8F Bearcat, during the First Indochina war, 1950.