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Figaro
Under a tepid rain, I attended the landing of the French volunteers.
At the end of November 1950,
Le Figaro
, written by Serge Bromberger, described the first moments of an incredible epic, that of the 3000 or so men of the French UN battalion in Korea.
After decades of oblivion, and while these days we commemorate the first engagements of the battalion, this history is gradually emerging from the shadows, the State finally honoring their fight.
"France
, emphasizes Geneviève Darrieussecq, Minister Delegate to the Minister for the Armed Forces, in charge of Memory and Veterans Affairs,
is very attached to the perpetuation of this memory."
On May 18, 2021, she inaugurated a “wall of names” in Paris at the foot of a monument built a long time ago with private funds.
There are 268 French people who "died for France" and 24 Koreans integrated into the unit and "died in the service of France".
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The fight was most exemplary.
The battalion, taking place in a United Nations armada dominated by the United States…
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