Marcel Edme
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Marcel Edme
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Colonel Marcel Edme was a French military officer, paratrooper, and Legion of Honour recipient who served as France's most senior military adviser to the Togolese Armed Forces until his death in a helicopter crash in 1979. Born in Madagascar in 1924, Edme served in World War II as a member of the 2nd Parachute Chasseur Regiment, parachuting into occupied France twice, and later took part in the fighting in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 with the 1st Colonial Parachute Battalion where he was
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Marcel Edme (1924–1979) served in the French military and was a Legion of Honour recipient.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Edme
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2018-02-22T22:22:12Z
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2024-09-10T15:50:24Z
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