Leon Gautier, the last surviving member of the French commandos who stormed the Normandy beaches defended by Hitler s troops in 1944, on Tuesday (6 June) 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 passing […]
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EXCLUSIVE: The years might have advanced but nothing was going to stop some of the last Normandy invasion heroes from travelling to France to mark the most significant date of the year.
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Normandy's locals greeted veterans commemorating D-Day's 79th anniversary. Emotion and gratefulness moved the veterans as they strolled through the sand of Utah beach.