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Jean Olié (24 March 1904 – 2003) was a
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of the
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and the 1st Inspector of the Autonomous Group of the Foreign Legion serving primarily in the Foreign Legion from 1924 to 1961.


Military career

Jean entered the École spéciale militaire in 1924, and was a commissioned a Sous-lieutenant in 1926 (Rif promotion). Jean was assigned to the 28th Chasseur Battalion à Pied () on 2 October 1926. Promoted to the rank of
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on 1 October 1928, Jean served in the
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4e R.E. on 10 July 1931 and with the Goums () where he acquired a great deal of cultural knowledge and was an expert connaisseur around
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affairs. Placed hors cadre, on 20 October 1933, at the title of special services of North Africa. He was placed at the disposition resident commissioner general in Morocco. He was promoted to
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on 25 December 1935. Assigned on 7 December 1936, to the directorate of political affairs at Rabat. He joined the 46th Infantry Regiment () on 1 September 1939. On 1 November 1940, he was assigned to the mobilization of the general staff headquarters of the 41st Division (). On 25 December 1941, he was promoted to the rank of
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(
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-
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). In armistice leave on 9 April 1942, he was recruited at the corps of the indigenous affairs controllers of Morocco. Reintegrated in the armistice army on 16 August 1942, he was placed hors cadres at the general staff headquarters of the 15th Military Division. Detached on 1 December 1942 to the 1e RCA, he then was designated as the general secretariat of the region of Rabat, on 24 March 1943. On 25 September 1943, he was nominated as a lieutenant-colonel. Detached again, on 23 January 1944, to the 1e RCA. He was assigned to the general staff headquarters of the 3rd Army Corps () of 7 February 1944, then at the general staff headquarters of Army B, on 14 September 1944, as chief of the 3rd bureau of the 1st French Army. In 1944, he took command of the Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion RMLE () towards the end of the
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, succeeding regimental commander Lieutenant-colonel
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. He was chief of the cabinet of general commandant of the 1st French Army (), from 24 November 1944, then chief of the general staff headquarters of the 3rd Armored Division (), on 18 January 1945. He was promoted to the rank of
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on 25 January 1945. He entered to general cabinet, Inspector General of the Army, on 10 May 1946. Commandment of the territories of Agadir-Confins, on 31 May 1947, then, general secretariat of the region of Rabat, on 31 December 1947 and director of indigenous affairs course, on 30 August 1950. He assumed command of the Autonomous Group of the Foreign Legion in 1950, and was succeeded by his second in command, général
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. Admitted to the 1st section of officer generals on 1 January 1953. Military cabinet of the general, commissioner general resident of France in Morocco, on 31 August 1954. He was designated as the Commandant the École spéciale militaire and
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of Saint-Cyr from 1954 to 1956. He was then nominated as the civilian and military governor of grand
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on 28 August 1956. He was promoted to
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on 1 March 1957. On 9 August 1958, Jean Olié was put at the disposition of general director of the institute of high studies of national defense () and center of high military studies (). Elevated to the rank and designation of
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on 1 January 1959. He assumed command of the army corps of
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on 30 March 1960. Elevated to the rank and designation of
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on 8 September 1960. In 1961, he served simultaneously as
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of
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(), as well as the Secretariat-General for National Defence and Security (). Jean Olié ended his service as of 1 November 1961. He was admitted by anticipation in the 2nd section of officer generals. On 30 April 1975, he was the ceremonial chief of the
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's commemoration of Camarón.


Recognitions and Honors

* Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur *
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(4 palms) *
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(3 palms) *
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(3 palms) * Médaille du sauvetage * Chevalier de l'ordre du Mérite agricole * Médaille des évadés *
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(U.K) *
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(U.S.) * Honorary Battlefield Badge () (U.S.) * Mérite Militaire Chérifien He totalized 14 citations and is a ''Caporal-Chef d'Honneur'' (Honorary Senior Corporal) of the
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.


See also

*
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*
French Foreign Legion Music Band (MLE) The Music of the Foreign Legion (), formerly known as the Principal Music of the Foreign Legion () is a Military band of the French Foreign Legion. French or Foreign, musicians or not, they all volunteer for the Legion and receive, first, basic m ...
* Moroccan Division *
Saharan Méharistes Companies (méharistes sahariennes) The Saharan Mounted Companies of the Foreign Legion consisted of legionnaires of various nationalities and races transferred from the existing Foreign Legion infantry and cavalry regiments. These units were different from the Saharan Méhariste ...
* Jacques Lefort * Pierre Darmuzai * René Lennuyeux


References


Sources

* '' Képi blanc'' History and Patrimony Division of the French Foreign Legion () {{DEFAULTSORT:Olie, Jean 1904 births 2003 deaths Officers of the French Foreign Legion French generals French military personnel of World War II