Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Bhatani rakaparadzwa musi waDecember 31, 1950; rakagadzirwazve musi waMarch 1, 1951 (1er BEP, II formation) uye rinoonekwa richipinda zvakanyanya mukurwa kuCho Ben, parwizi rutsvuku uye kuAnnam. Musi waNovember 21, 1953; 1st BEP yakadzorerwa yakadonhedzwa paDien Bien Phu. Muhondo iyi huru, 1st BEP yakaumbwazve (1st BEP, II formation) 1st BEP inoverengera 575 vakaurayiwa uye vanoshaya kechipiri munhandare yehondo yeChikamu cheVatorwa
. Pakati pevakafa vacho pane maLieutenant Dumont, Boisbouvier naDe Stabenrath, vakaurawa pakati paApril 1 naMay 13 pamwe chete naSergent-Chef Grimault, vakaurawa musi waMarch 30. Yakagadziriswazve kwenguva yechitatu (1er BEP, III kuumbwa) musi waMay 19, 1954, 1er BEP inosiya Indochina musi waFebruary 8, 1955. 1er BEP inokwana 5 citations pamirairo yeuto uye fourragère yemavara eMédaille militaire. 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion (1er BEP, III Formation) inova 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment (1er REP) muAlgeria musi waGunyana 1, 1955.