1st Airborne Shock Infantry Regiment
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The 1st Airborne Shock Infantry Regiment (French: 1er régiment d'infanterie de choc aéroporté, 1eR RICAP), then named the 1st Shock Regiment (French: 1er régiment de choc), is a former parachute unit of the French Army, created on 1 October 1945 and dissolved on 1 February 1947.
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Since 1 January 1964 the National Commando Training Center has been entrusted with the Colour of the 1st Airborne Shock Infantry Regiment, which has the following battle honours sewn in gold letters:[1][2]
- Corsica 1943
- Elba Island 1944
- Cape Negro - Toulon 1944
- Upper Alsace 1944-1945
- Indochina 1947-1948 1951-1954
- AFN 1952–1962.
