The last of the Free French Commandos who landed at Normandy on D-Day dies at 100
Gautier and his fellow commandos helped free France with the Allied invasion force, giving the French people more to be proud of.
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Gautier and his fellow commandos helped free France with the Allied invasion force, giving the French people more to be proud of.
I got word from France, from a family friend, Jerome Dupouvoir who lives in Normandy, that we lost the gift to the world that Leon Gautier was
Leon Gautier was one of only 177 elite French troops who were able to join the brazen Allied attack on Nazi-occupied France in 1944.
Le chef de l’État célèbre ce vendredi matin le 81e anniversaire de l’appel du 18 juin 1940, en compagnie de Léon Gautier et Hubert Germain.
Le chef de l'Etat assistera dans la matinée à la traditionnelle cérémonie militaire au mémorial du Mont Valérien près de Paris, principal lieu d'exécution de résistants et d'otages en France par l'armée allemande pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il s'envolera plus tard pour Berlin pour un dîner d