3rd Vietnamese Parachute Battalion
The 3rd Vietnamese Parachute Battalion was a French-Vietnamese paratroop battalion formed in Hanoi, French Indochina in 1952.The battalion was one of five battalions of Vietnamese paratroopers raised by the French Army between 1951 and 1957 as part of General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny's policy to establish a Vietnamese Army. The cadre for the battalion came from the 10th Colonial Parachute Battalion.
The battalion participated in Operation Mimosa, Operation Camargue, Operation Concarneau, Operation Lamballe, Operation Mont St Michel, Operation Flandre and Operation Eglantine.
