Gautier, 100, presented a student marine commando with his green beret at a passing out parade at Colleville-Montgomery, near where a 21-year-old Gautier had landed on Sword Beach in a hail of ...

Leon Gautier was one of 177 French green berets who stormed the Normandy beaches defended by Hitler's ... Leon Gautier at a ceremony in memory of marines and the famed Kieffer commandos in 2019.

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.

COLLEVILLE-MONTGOMERY, France — 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 French ...

Gautier, 100, presented a student marine commando with his green beret at a passing out parade at Colleville-Montgomery, near where a 21-year-old Gautier had landed on Sword Beach in a hail of ...

Gautier was one of 177 French green berets who took part in the Normandy landings. ... presented a student marine commando with his green beret at a passing out parade at Colleville-Montgomery, ...

COLLEVILLE-MONTGOMERY, France (Reuters) - 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 ...