1° Groupe d'Artillerie Antiaérienne Coloniale d'Extrême-Orient

[pauke!]

Hello

Has anyone on the forum details on 1° Groupe d'Artillerie Antiaérienne Coloniale d'Extrême-Orient (1 GAACEO), and how they were organized in French Indochina in 1950 -1955.
The part of the squad that was in the Dien Bien Phu battle 1953-54 under the command of Lieutenant Paul Redon which group / part was that of 1 GAACEO ?
Does anyone know if there is any literature or website with information about 1 GAACEO.

Thanks in advance
Bjorn

[pauke!]

Hi
These two documents are the reasons for my question above. It would be interesting to know if the Canonnier 2 classe Jean Doncarli was one of the soldiers who manned one of the four M45 Quad Mount that was used during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. I visited the DBP in October 2013 and these photos show what is left of one of the four M45 Quad Mount.
I am very grateful for information if anyone can help me.

Thanks in Advance

Björn

[pauke!]

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[zvezdah1]

great story! and pics. It's pretty cool, it looks like Salan signed off on the top document. He became C in C Indochina in 52.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Salan