5th Foreign Infantry Regiment

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5th Foreign Infantry Regiment 5e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie
Regimental insignia of 5e REI
Active	1930 – 2000
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	Infantry - Engineer
Garrison/HQ	Polynesia, Numerous others.
Nickname(s)	Régiment du Tonkin
Motto(s)	Le plus chic, le plus beau, le plus chouette (Fr) The most chic, the most beautiful, the nicest (Eng)
Colors	Green & Red
March	Le front haut et l'âme fière (Fr) Forehead up high and with a proud soul (Eng)
Engagements	World War II Indochina War Algerian War
Battle honours	Camarón 1863 Sơn Tây 1883 Bac-Ninh 1884 Tuyên Quang 1885 Lạng Sơn 1885 Indochina 1945-1954 Algeria 1952-1962
Insignia
Insignia of the 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment
Abbreviation	5th REI

The 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment (abbr. 5th REI, French: 5^e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie), nicknamed the "Regiment of Tonkin" (French: "Régiment du Tonkin"), was a regiment of the Foreign Legion of the French Army created under the Third Republic, and dissolved in 2000. The history of this regiment is marked by its participation in World War II, the Indochina War and the Algerian War.