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France’s last surviving D-Day commando joins beach landing anniversary

French President Emmanuel Macron and French WWII veteran of the Commando Kieffer Leon Gautier attend a ceremony in tribute to the 177 French members of the "Commando Kieffer" Fusiliers Marins commando unit who took part in the Normandy landings, as part of the 79th anniversary of the World War II "D-Day" Normandy landings, in Colleville-Montgomery, France, on 6th June, 2023.

Colleville-Montgomery, France Reuters Leon Gautier, the last surviving member of the French commandos who stormed the Normandy beaches defended by Hitler’s troops in 1944, on Tuesday joined President Emmanuel Macron at a seafront ceremony marking the 79th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Gautier, 100, presented a student marine commando with his green beret at a […]