Léon Gautier, Last Surviving French Commando From D-Day, Dies at 100
New York Times
“We were at the head of the landing,” he said. “The British let us go a few meters in front. For us it was the liberation of France, the return into the family.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/04/world/europe/leon-gautier-france-d-day-dead.html