Hubert Faure, French commando who landed in Normandy, dies at 106
By PHIL DAVISON | Special To The Washington Post | Published: April 20, 2021 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, 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 resista...