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DARK SECRETS: Leon gautier last surviving french d day commando dies at 100 | Rare Historical Photos

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Leon Gautier, wearing a green beret, attending a ceremony on 6 June 2023 in tribute to the 177 French members of the commando unit which took part in the Normandy landings on D-day — Leon Gautier was described by Emmanuel Macron as one of the ‘heroes of the liberation’. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images

Leon Gautier, the last surviving member of the French commando unit that waded ashore on D-day alongside allied troops to begin the liberation of France, died on Monday. He was 100 years old.

Gautier was one of 177 French green berets who stormed the Normandy beaches defended by Hitler’s forces in 1944.

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