Jean Marcellin Joseph Calixte Gilles (14 October 1904 – 10 August 1961) was a French Army general that commanded the French Airborne forces during the First Indochina War. He commanded the 11th Demi-Brigade Parachutiste de Choc (Shock Demi-Brigade) during the Suez Crisis, as well as French paratroopers during the First Indochina War, most notably at Dien Bien Phu.

[edit] Decorations

• Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur

[edit] References

• Fall, Bernard (1994). Street Without Joy. Stackpole Books. ISBN 0811717003. 
• Fall, Bernard (1985). Hell in a Very Small Place. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0306802317. 
• Roy, Jules (1963). The Battle of Dien Bien Phu. University of California: Pyramid Books. 

[edit] External links

• "Biography of Jean Gilles" (in French). L'association des "Amis de Mont-Louis". http://amis2montlouis.free.fr/activit%E9s%20culturelles/gilles.htm. 

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