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Last surviving French D-Day soldier dies aged 100

Léon Gautier, the last surviving member of the 177-strong Kieffer French commando unit that took part in the June 6th 1944 allied landings on the beaches of German-occupied Normandy, and who lived in retirement in the coastal town of Ouistreham which he had helped liberate, died on Monday at the age of 100.

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The last surviving member of a French commando unit that helped to repel Nazi Germany's invasion of western Europe has died aged 100, reports BBC News.

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