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...organizing what later became the French First Army. Young Bernard enlisted in the Free French army in 1944, landed with the Allies in the south of France, went on with the French army into Germany, won a Medaille Militaire and a Croix de Guerre with palm. Last week, in Indo-China, Lieut. Bernard de Lattre, 23, won his second Croix de Guerre...
...days after the battle, General Jean de Lattre flew home to France. In his big Douglas Skymaster in three coffins were the bodies of French soldiers, killed in Indo-China, sent home for burial in France. One of them was the body of his only...
Died. Lieut. Bernard de Lattre de Tassigny, 23, only son of General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Commander in Chief of French forces in Indo-China; of battle wounds received while leading his Viet Nam infantry company against Communist-led Viet Minh forces; 20 miles south of Hanoi, French Indo-China (see FOREIGN NEWS...
France's fighting General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny insisted that the major concentration of Western strength should be made in Indo-China; the British argued that their Malaya campaign was at least as important. The U.S. spokesman, Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, listened impassively, said little. De Lattre commented angrily (and unjustly) that he had been brought to Singapore on false pretenses-the British and Americans were apparently not really interested in Indo-China. Why had no Vietnamese observer been invited, even though Viet Nam was bravely fighting Communism? Then De Lattre went to his room...
...serious argument: the French feel that the British are still not tough enough in their Asia policy. France wants a coordinated Western command, capable of countering Communism's offensive in Southeast Asia. After four days of discussion, De Lattre left the conference with an important promise for his Indo-China army: he would get more U.S. planes, particularly transports. But he did not get the assurance of effective military cooperation that he wanted...