On June 6, 1944, 177 members of Commando Kieffer landed on the Normandy shore designated “Sword Beach.” These men were recruited from around the former French Empire, trained at British military ...

Léon Gautier, the last surviving member of an elite French unit that joined U.S. and other Allied forces in the D-Day invasion to wrest Normandy from Nazi control, died July 3 at 100. The death was ...

Leon Gautier, the last surviving member of an elite French unit that joined Allied forces in the D-Day invasion to wrest Normandy from Nazi Germany’s control, has died at 100. The death was announced ...

OUISTREHAM France (Reuters) - When Leon Gautier landed on Sword Beach in a hail of enemy fire on June 6, 1944, as one of the first wave of French commandos to set foot on Normandy soil, the last thing ...

Commando Marine Special forces (Green Berets) of the French Navy prepare to lift Gautier’s the flag-drapped coffin during a national tribute ceremony on the beach in Ouistreham, Normandy, on July 7.

United States Rangers from E Company, 5th Ranger Battalion, on board a landing craft assault vessel (LCA) in Weymouth harbour, Dorset, 4th June 1944 bound for the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach in ...

SWORD BEACH, France (Reuters) - Leon Gautier landed on Sword Beach in a hail of enemy fire on June 6, 1944, one of the first wave of French commandos to storm the Normandy beachfront defended by ...