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René Défourneaux
René came to America from France as a teenager shortly before WWII. In 1943 he volunteered in the U.S. Army and in 1944 was sent to England where he was transferred to the Special Operation Executive, a secret operation created by Winston Churchill for the support of resistant groups in German occupied Europe. He was parachuted into the center of France where he trained and directed operations against the German occupation forces. He directed the destruction of several bridges (for which he received the Silver Star and the Croix de Guerre) preventing the German army from attacking General Patton’s army pushing towards the Rhine, After clearing his territory of enemy forces, he returned to the USA and was assigned to China, where, as the second in command of The Deer Team, he parachuted into Indochina (Vietnam). The Indochinese insurgent force his team supported was commanded by Ho Chi Minh and Ngyuen Vo Giap.
His military career has been detailed in his two previous books. Books by René Défourneaux:
His book, “The Winking Fox”, provides a vivid and most interesting chronicle of his heroic experiences. You can find René's website at http://www.rdefourneaux.com