Paratroopers
of the French Army’s 35th Parachute Light Artillery Regiment (35e
régiment d’artillerie légère parachutiste) operate a 75mm recoilless
rifle during Operation Castor, at Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam. Dec
1953.
Paratroopers
of the French Army’s 35th Parachute Light Artillery Regiment (35e
régiment d’artillerie légère parachutiste) operate a 75mm recoilless
rifle during Operation Castor, at Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam. Dec
1953.
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.
Generals Cogny and Gilles. Indochina, 1953