1. Deployment to French Indochina

    · French Indochina, representative point near Saigon (present-day Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam

    Bokassa left for French Indochina as transmissions expert for the Saigon-Cholon battalion during the First Indochina War. The source establishes departure to French Indochina but not an exact arrival site; coordinates represent the Saigon-Cholon unit reference.

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