Pierre Tourret

Pierre Tourret
NicknamePierrot
Born(1919-12-30)30 December 1919
DiedDecember 1991(1991-12-00) (aged 71–72)
AllegianceFrance
BranchFrench Army/Marine Troops
Service years1939–1964
RankLieutenant Colonel
Commands8e BPC
ConflictsWorld War II
First Indochina War
*Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Suez Crisis
Algerian War
AwardsCommander of the Légion d’honneur

Pierre Tourret (30 December 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.

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