 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana July 28, 1952, Bigeard, ari mukuru we6th Colonial Parachute Battalion 6e BPC, akaburuka paHaiphong nokuda kwokuparadzirwa kwechitatu muIndochina. Vanopfuura hafu yevarume vaBigeard vaiva veVietnam apo imwe hafu yaiva yeFrance, nokudaro yaida kutungamirira kukuru kune chikamu chake kuti asunge pamwe chete boka rakasanganiswa kuti ribvumire kushanda zvakanaka. Musi waOctober 16, 1952, battalion yacho yakadonhedzwa paTu Lê uye yakatarisana kwemazuva masere mapoka evarwi vanopikisa. Munguva yeHondo yeTu Lê, battalion yakakomberedzwa neboka rose reVietnamese, rakapfuura gumi kune rimwe. Mukati mokurwisana kwakasimba, Bigeard akarwisa vaVietnam kuti vaparadze chikwata chake ndokutungamirira varume vake kuti vabudirire kupinda mumasango vachifamba kwemazuva akawanda uye vachitakura vose vakanga vakuvara kusvikira vasvika kunhare yeFrance. BPC yechitanhatu yakaratidzazve hunyanzvi panguva yeHondo yeNà Sản, panguva yebasa paLang Song July 17, 1953 uye panguva yeOperation Castor paDien Bien Phu November 20, 1953. 