Distant memory

From October 50 to April 52, I did my military service in Meucon camp in the paratroopers. "My" first colonel was GILLES, the organizer of the operation "Castor" on DBP. The second, lieutenant colonel at the time, was Langlais. During the summer 51, BIGEARD forma Meucon camp, the third BCP before ordering the 6th in 1952. During the year 51, he came to my mind to military career ... For sure I would have done part of the battalion BRÉCHIGNAC exterminated on Eliane 1! Exceptional circumstances have turned away from this path ...
The fact remains that all these officers names are familiar to me and all these circumstances are that I am very interested in history in general and Dien Bien Phu in particular ...