Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion, (1er BEP, I formation) i hangaia i te Hurae 1, 1948 i Khamisis, i Algeria. Ka eke te 1 BEP ki Indochina i te Noema 12 ka uru ki nga mahi whawhai i Tonkin. I te Pipiri 1, 1949, ka oti te tatau a te Co. Para du 3ème REI. I te Whiringa-a-rangi 17, 1950; Ko te 1er BEP (1er BEP, I Formation) ka peke ki That Khé ka patunga i a ia ano i Coc Xa hei tiaki i te whakarewatanga o te RC4 i te papa pakanga o te Legion Foreign. Ko te upoko me te arahi
Ko te tikanga ko te 1er BEP battalion rangatira "Chef de Corps du 1er BEP", Commandant Pierre Segrétain. I whara mate a Segrétain i a ia e arahi ana i te BEP i te Pakanga o Route Colonial 4.