French D-Day veteran dies ages 105: presidency
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Paris: One of the last surviving French veterans of the June 1944 D Day landings has died aged 105, only weeks after he helped welcome US President Jo...
Paris: One of the last surviving French veterans of the June 1944 D-Day landings has died aged 105, only weeks after he helped welcome US President Joe Biden to Paris for the 80th anniversary of the amphibious assault, the presidency said Tuesday.
Jacques Lewis passed away on Thursday at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris where he had spent his final years added.
He took part in the June 1944 D-Day landings alongside American units on Utah beach, as Allied forces swept into Normandy to begin their offensive to end Nazi occupation of France and Western Europe in World War II.
After landing, he sought out locals from the town of Carentan to map the area to help Allied forces take the town.
He then took part in other battles in France before moving into Germany itself "always alongside his brothers-in-arms from the American division", the Elysee said.