Hubert Faure, French commando who landed on beaches of Normandy, dies at 106 Phil Davison © Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images Hubert Faure, a former member of the “Kieffer commandos,” in 2014. Hubert Faure, who died April 17 at 106, was one of the last two survivors of a 177-man French commando unit that landed alongside British forces under withering German machine-gun, mortar and shellfire on Sword Beach, Normandy, on June 6, 1944. With the rank of chief warrant officer, Mr. Faure was part of the 1st Battalion Marine Commando Fusiliers known as “Kieffer commandos” after its leader, Lt. Philippe Kieffer. It was the only French unit to take part in the D-Day landings, although the domestic French resistance had been harassing the Germans with guerrilla tactics throughout the war.
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