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Macron hails next generation of Kieffer commando during D-Day commemorations

French President Emmanuel Macron and French WWII veteran of the Commando Kieffer Leon Gautier walk during a ceremony in tribute to the 177 French members of the "Commando Kieffer" Fusiliers Marins commando unit who took part in the Normandy landings, as part of the 79th anniversary of the World War II "D-Day" Normandy landings, in Colleville-Montgomery, Normandy, France June 6, 2023. © Ludovic Marin / Pool via REUTERS

French President Emmanuel Macron commemorated the World War II Normandy landings in the company of 100 year-old Léon Gautier – the last living Frenchman to have taken part in the D-Day operation on 6 June, 1944.

On Tuesday morning, Emmanuel Macron travelled to Colleville-Montgomery (Calvados) – the site of the D-Day landings – to attend the annual commemoration organised by the French Marine Rifles.

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