page_title: Philippe Erulin
section_title: Recognitions and Honors
hierarchical_section_title: Philippe Erulin / Citations and homages / Recognitions and Honors
caption_attribution_description: Décorations du Colonel Erulin
context_page_description: Philippe Louis Edmé Marie François Erulin was a senior officer in the French Army. He came from a family of renowned officers and military traditions.
  He is best known as the Colonel Commandant of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2ᵉ REP, who directed the military intervention in Zaïre against the Katanga rebels responsible for several massacres. It was the success in the Battle of Kolwezi which resulted in the liberation of the majority of the Katanga rebels' hostages. However, Erulin was later accused of having used torture during the Algeria War; an accusation that remains unsubstantiated and controversial.
context_section_description: Commandeur of the Légion d'Honneur (1978)
   Officier of the Légion d'Honneur (1975)
   Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur (1959)
   Croix de la Valeur militaire (4 citations)
   Croix du combatant
   Overseas Medal with agrafe « Zaïre »
   Chevalier of the Ordre du Mérite Agricole
   Médaille commémorative du Moyen-Orient (1956)
   Médaille commémorative des opérations de sécurité et de maintien de l'ordre en Afrique du Nord with agrafe « Algérie » (1958)
   Insigne des blessés militaires (2 stars)
   Médaille de bronze de la Jeunesse et des Sports
   Croix de la bravoure militaire zaïroise avec palme (Cross of the military bravery of Zaire with palm)
caption: Medals
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