Pierre Tourret [SEP] conflict
Pierre Tourret
Pierre Tourret (December 30, 1919 – December 1991) was a French Army officer who served in World War II, the First Indochina War, the Suez Crisis and the Algerian War. He commanded the 8th Shock Parachute Battalion during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
Life and military.
He graduates from Saint Cyr Military Academy in 1939, took part in the fighting around Sedan in 1940 and became a prisoner of war. He was liberated in 1945 by the US Army and joined the 9th Colonial
classes of André Tourret, Line Talluel, Roland Charmy and Pierre Amoyal. She toured Vietnam with Brigitte de Beaufond.
It was André Tourret who advised a young 19-year-old violinist, Alfred Loewenguth, to team up with pianist Doreau. The two artists collaborated with the same enthusiasm for more than fifty years! This long work together was an essential factor in achieving a communion of spirit and a technical achievement that could guarantee the balance of expression of the two instruments. The duet successfully gave numerous concerts in France and abroad