6th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment

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6e Régiment Parachutiste d'Infanterie de Marine
Active 1948-1951
1952-1953
1955-1998
Country France
Branch French Army
Type Infantry
Role Airborne
Motto Croire et Oser (To Believe and Dare)
Anniversaries Saint-Michel Day
Engagements First Indochina War
*Battle of Mao Khe
*Operation Castor
*Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Algerian War
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Marcel Bigeard

The 6th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (French: 6e Régiment Parachutiste d'Infanterie de Marine, 6e RPIMa) was a parachute regiment in the French Army.

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[edit] History

[edit] Indochina

Formed as the 6th Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion in Quimper, Brittany on 16 May 1948 from elements of the 1st Colonial Commando Parachute Demi-brigade, disembarks in Saigon in July 1949, the battalion distinguished itself in the fighting. It was dissolved after Dien Bien Phu.

[edit] North Africa

Reformed in Marrakech in 1 August 1955 and named 6th Colonial Parachute Regiment.

[edit] France

The regiment leaves French Algeria in 6 July, 1961 and regroups in Verdun. From January, 1963 it was stationed in Mont-de-Marsan, the old instruction base for Colonial Parachute Brigade. The regiment was dissolved 30 June 1998.

[edit] Lineage

  • 1948: 6th Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion
  • 1951: Dissolved
  • 1952: 6th Colonial Parachute Battalion
  • 1953: Dissolved
  • 1955: 6th Colonial Parachute Regiment
  • 1958: 6th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment
  • 1998: Dissolved

[edit] Honours

[edit] Battle Honours

[edit] Decorations

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