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The 2nd Parachute Chasseur Regiment (French: 2 e Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes) or 2 e RCP, is one of the most decorated French units of the Second World War, the only land unit awarded the red fourragère in that war, including six citations at the orders of the armed forces. [1]
Just like the paratrooper Brevet of the French Army, the insignia of French Paratroopers was created in 1946. The French Army Insignia of metropolitan Paratroopers represents a closed "winged armed dextrochere", meaning a "right winged arm" armed with a sword pointing upwards. The Insignia makes reference to the Patron of Paratroopers.
While going through a notebook Martin recovered from Zirnheld's body, a text was found that would become La Prière du Para (The Paratrooper's Prayer). Zirnheld had apparently written it before the war, while working in Tunisia in 1938. It is now the official prayer of both the French, Portuguese and Brazilian Airborne forces.
During the Second World War, the men of the 3rd RCP did not display any insignia which was specific to the unit. Incorporated into the British forces , the men of the regiment wore British uniforms and harbored the SAS insignia on their beret while carrying the parachute brevet of the Free French Forces on their chest.
The history of French airborne units began in the Interwar period when the French Armed Forces formed specialized paratroopers units. First formed in the French Air Force , they were rapidly integrated into the French Army , French Navy , National Gendarmerie and from the British Armed Forces .
Between 1945 and 1954 the unit that was later to become the 1 er RPIMa after a series of name changes, took part in the war in Indochina, performing several of the more than 160 combat jumps carried out by French paratroopers during that conflict. After the war, the regiment underwent structural changes and became a training depot for the ...
Pages in category "French military personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 323 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jerome Preisler wrote an account of the Bastogne jump in his history of the World War II pathfinders, First to Jump; How the Band of Brothers was Aided by the Brave Paratroopers of the Pathfinder Company, in 2014. The Filthy Thirteen has been translated into French, Swedish and Spanish.