Word: bigeard
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Dates: during 1956-1956
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...patrols are sent out into the hills to act as moving targets, inviting attack. Supporting them are teams of helicopters scattered in impromptu bases. When an attack comes, the patrol radios to the base. In a typical grenouillage operation last week, a call came in to Lieut. Colonel Marcel Bigeard, established in a burned-out farmhouse south of Bone. Within minutes, Bigeard had seven helicopters loaded up; he took off, returned with 15 captured rebels, three mortars and 60 rifles...