Leon Gautier, the last surviving Frenchman who fought the Nazis on D-Day, died Monday. He was 100. Gautier had been hospitalized with lung problems a few weeks ago, according to Romain Bail, mayor of the town where the veteran lived. He died at a hospital in Caen. Advertisement Though U.S., British and Canadian troops comprised most of the Allied forces on D-Day, 177 French soldiers fought alongside them, part of an elite unit known as Kieffer Commandos. The commandos spent 78 straight days on the front lines as the Allies pressed deeper into Nazi-occupied France. Only about two dozen survived...
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