 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwaDecember 1951, Trinquier akanga ari zvakare muIndochina nokuda kwebasa rake rechitatu nguva ino muGroupement de Commandos Mixtes Aéroportés GCMA Composite Airborne Commando Group yakangobva kuumbwa inotungamirirwa naEdmond Grall. Trinquier akatora kutungamira kweGCMA mukutanga kwa1953 uye akatungamira kurwa kuseri kwemitsetse yeViet Minh, achigadzira maquis mudunhu repamusoro reTonkinese neLaos, vanosvika varume zviuru makumi matatu. Maquis yaTrinquier yakabatsira mukubudirira kubviswa kwemusoro wemhepo wakasimbiswa paNa San, muna Nyamavhuvhu 1953, uye kutorazve matunhu ePhong Saly neSam Neua. Pashure pokubva kweFrance pashure pokukundwa kweDien Bien Phu, maquis aTrinquier akasiyiwa shure uye akavhimwa nemauto aHo Chi Minh. 