General Leclerc arrives in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) to take over administration of the city (1945)
GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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Philippe Francois Marie, Comte de Hauteclocque, takes command of the French Far East Expeditionary Corps in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) with greetings from a crowd of children
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FRENCH INDOCHINA (VIETNAM): Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City):
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LECLERC GENERAL (FRENCH) G. Arrives at Saigon. Great welcome given as car drives a long streets, amid Torrential rains.
Indo-Chinese. (French) (Indo-China.) Royal Navy entertain French Children in Saigon
Entertainment and Leisure; Vietnam
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Philippe Franois Marie, Comte de Hauteclocque, Far East French Forces, CEFEO Expeditionary Corps, Vietminh, Mekong Delta, Marshal of France, Royal Navy, RN, child, children, postwar, post-war
Background: Philippe Francois Marie, Comte de Hauteclocque, takes command of the French Far East Expeditionary Corps in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) with greetings from a crowd of children
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