Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: The 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion, (1er BEP, I formation) yakasikwa musi waJuly 1, 1948 paKhamisis, muAlgeria. 1st BEP inotanga kupinda muIndochina musi waNovember 12 uye iri kuita mabasa ekurwa muTonkin. Pana June 1, 1949, Co. Para du 3ème REI yakapedza kuverenga kwayo. Musi waNovember 17, 1950; 1er BEP (1er BEP, I Formation) inosvetukira paThat Khé uye inozvipira paCoc Xa kuchengetedza kufambiswa kweRC4 mu
Nzvimbo yehondo yechinyakare yeLegion yeVatorwa. Mutungamiri uye mutungamiri wetsika aive 1er BEP battalion mutungamiri "Chef de Corps du 1er BEP", Commandant Pierre Segrétain. Segrétain akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa achitungamirira BEP panguva yeHondo yeRoute Colonial 4.