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French World War II veteran Leon Gautier poses for a photo June 6, in Colville-Montgomery, France, during a ceremony honoring the 177 French members of
While D-Day and subsequent Battle of Normandy were gripping, the reason it is called D-Day is anticlimactic.
French President Emmanuel Macron commemorated the World War II Normandy landings in the company of 100 year-old Léon Gautier – the last living Frenchman to have taken part in the D-Day operation on 6…
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…
The Line of Duty star's grandfather Ralph was at D-Day – modest and wonderfully self-possessed, he should have remained the focus