Following the petrol route in the Sahara, combat operations engaged the regiment non-stop in the region of Guelma. The magnificent results were endured by the death of superior French regimental commander "Chef de Corps" Legion Lieutenant Colonel Pierre Paul Jeanpierre; "the legendary Para Legionnaire" leading; who fell to the enemy on May 28, 1958, along with a couple of hundred legionnaires. In 1959, action around the mountains retook course in operations "Jumelles", "Cigales" and "Ariège" in the Aurès, ending in Kabylie. Lory representation of paratrooper legionnaires; the reputation of the 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment (1er R.E.P) was tarnished with the unfortunate events of the Generals' Putsch. The regiment was dissolved on April 30, 1961, at Thiersville.