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Michel Bourbon-Parme
Michel Bourbon-Parme
Michel Bourbon-Parme is the son of Prince René o...Michel Bourbon-Parme
Michel De Bourbon-Parme - Film 1
In this, the first of six films, Michel, a young r...Michel De Bourbon-Parme - Film 1
Michel De Bourbon-Parme - Film 2
Michel recalls parachuting into Nazi occupied Fran...Michel De Bourbon-Parme - Film 2
Michel De Bourbon-Parme - Film 3
Michel meets up with the Maquis and recalls blowin...Michel De Bourbon-Parme - Film 3
Michel De Bourbon-Parme - Film 4
Michel spent three months in Nazi Occupied France,...Michel De Bourbon-Parme - Film 4
Michel De Bourbon-Parme - Film 5
Michel remembers the German army retreating and re...Michel De Bourbon-Parme - Film 5
Michel De Bourbon-Parme - Film 6
Michel reflects on the significance of Operation J...Michel De Bourbon-Parme - Film 6
Michel Bourbon-Parme is the son of Prince René of Bourbon-Parma and Princess Margaret of Denmark. He grew up in Paris, where his father worked for a propane gas tank manufacturer. In 1940, Prince Michel and his family fled the German invasion and left for New York. Aged 17 he joined the U.S. Army and volunteered for the OSS (American equivalent of SOE). He subsequently joined Operation Jedburgh and was part of Team Quinine. They were a group of three (with Maj. Tommy Macpherson and Sgt Arthur Brown) who parachuted into Nazi-occupied France, where Michel operated as a saboteur. He also fought in the Vietnam war and almost starved to death.
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Michel Bourbon-Parme
Prince Michel de Bourbon-Parme grew up in France, the family fled to the United States. He joined Operation Jedburgh...
