WEDNESDAY, MAY B, 1054
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE THREB
French Defender Of Dien
Bien Phu Faces Crucial
Time In Colorful Career
BAIOON M-A uullant French
liny ofllcer alia III a rnln-nonkrU
bunker on tho pluln of Dion liien
1'hu. neeklnir llio key to victory
lu Hi; ilnrkent hour of lilt career,
t Drlir. den. Count Chi Utlnn Marie
Fcrnand do lit Croix do (.'nitric,
commander ol tha Utile pol-nhnped
valley Hlllon, III nuirouudcd liy
lenn of llioiinnndx ol Communist
led Vletmlnli troops. They nro try.
Iiik to nlrnnule hln Isolated for
irons. Tho iirlp linn been tlulitonlnif
lur dnya,
Aunliml Ihcin Bin ml nbout M.MIO
French, Nnrih Alrlcnn, 1'oiomn
l.ciilon and Vlelnnineno troops,
viowilrn into n circle lens tlinn n
mile In dlmnrler.
In the hands of tlie six-loot Uo
Cattli'len, a i-hiiiuplun horacuiiih
who wears a led Alilcan cnvulry
cap Instead ol n Mcel hrlinet, In
Ihu decision whether llit-y nnd
lie will Irnvo the poMtlon nllve,
"Me wnn mennl to be n medieval
kuliriil, a cnvnller In mall and
armor," aunt one of Inn iiitmiHtr
recently, "Falling' tliul, lie did the
next bent tlilnii he became a
cavalryman."
Jncquellne, hln lull blonde sec
nnd wile, liven In Hnnol 187 nilli;
Irom the bailie and talks to him
by rndlo-telephone every day at
noon. It wan ahe who luld reiKiilern
Hint her hnnbund was threatening
to rcalun II he -weren't promoted
immediately from yeur-old colonel
cy In the mldnt ol Hie bntlle.
The French uovemmoni denied
he had m,ule any Mich threat, and
unbuied her nlalomenl to over
strain. Novertiielenn, Iho promoliun
came throuiih within hours alter
the denial, despite a French Irn
dllinn niialnnl proiiiolloua dtirlnv a
ballle.
"You know," nlie aaya now, "llio
neueral linn never duubied even
lor a moment the poanlhlllty ol
holding Dlen lllrn Phu, II It full
It will bo berau.se the delcndern
have died to the InM man, dcalrov
init with them mol ol Iho Viet,
mlnh."
llio alluallon munt remind Do
Cantrlea of hln experience lit the
battle of France. Tank and dlvo
bombern supported Iho 3.(100 Her
mann who aurrnunded him and hln
60 men In IWO. 'Alter three dnya
ol liithtlnir ha tried a breakout,
wan wounded and taken prisoner,
llo made Hire unaucccanful at
tempa to eacape, aucceeded on the
ond In to bounce buck fnut from
fall, or any other blow, no mutter
how bndly he In hurt, 'Die third In
to chew num. lis chews while rid
lug and lie cliewn when tho going
In battle In toughen!,
In hln younifcr diyn, ho valiantly
upheld the cavalry ' tradition of
charm, Well built, handsome In a
ruined way, hln aoft brown eyes
peering from under big black eye
brows, he wus surrounded by tlie
I'arln beauties of hln time,
Hln Kenlle mannern, hln lmpec-
fourih try, and two yearn later wnn
Unhung on the Oarlgllnno In Italy.
Do Oantrlen wan born In Parla
Aug. II, 1IHI2, lo a Inmlly of III
old French nobility nnd lo tlie
cavalry. One of hln ancenlorn wnn
the Marqula Charles de Cantrlea,
who fouiiht under Louis XV, be
cuine minlnter of the navy, and
went Into exile with Uvula XVIII,
Hln non Armand nerved under La
fayette In the American Revolution
and died a lieutenant general,
Inntead of going to Bt, Cyr, the
French Went Point, young De
Oimtrlen chone the cavalry achool
at Bnumur, One dny ho aaw a
beautiful home gnlloplng In the
panturoa of a counln'a enlate. Tlie
animal auddenly made a prndl-
Inun leap, clearing a hedge more
limn nix leet high, pe Cnnti len lind
lu have that home. In 1033 he look
the unknown Jumper limned Vol
An Vent over Iho bHrrler to a
nor Id record Jump of 3.3V melern
tl feel 10 Inchon.
When ho illninotiiiled the crowd
liolnled him on IU shouldcrn and
paraded him around the track ol
the Ornnd I'nlala In Parla.
De Cantrlea ban carried over
three hnblla from hln Jumping
d-iyn. Once In to brnndlah a riding
crop wherover he goea. The nec-
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7 IS MAIN ST., KLAMATH FALLS
cable drenn, his love of expennlve
cars and his position In tlie bent
French society made him particu
larly aought after. Ho married
flrnl outnlde the circle and- the
marriage ended In divorce. His
second wife comes from a noble
family.
He went to Indochina In IMS end
stayed for 2'i years to command
the Hpahln, en Alrlcan light caval
ry unit whose cap he still likes to
wear. It was with the Bpahls that
he was wounded for the third time
and received his 18th citation for
valor. He relumed to Indochina
for a second tour of duty after a
year In France.
In December of last year, alter
several hard campaigns, he wan
sent to Dlen Blen Phu. He asked,
for a unique Christmas gift at
leant one tank. He got two, para
chuted In sections.
Once he told a superior he need
ed a division to do a cleanup Joe
In the Red River delta.
"But alnce I only have a regl
ment, that will do." he eald.
He still la making do with what
ho has. even In the face pi ever
whelming odds.
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