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...Orleans. This was Paris proper and, if such a thing were possible, the crowd grew thicker in the street. When the General's car stopped, they climbed up on it with their flowers and flags-Tricolors, Stars & Stripes, Union Jacks, Red flags with the hammer & sickle. Leclerc stood stiffly clutching his cane, never smiling, while the men in the armored car and in the jeeps behind took the crowd's embraces. Women held their children up to be kissed by the liberators, saying: "Merci, merci...
...Since Bastille Day. De Gaulle stepped out on his long legs. Behind him were General Joseph-Pierre Koenig, commander of the French Forces of the Interior, and General Jacques Leclerc, the commander of France's Second Armored Division. On each side rumbled Leclerc's tanks. Behind the Generals marched leaders of the motley bands of the F.F.I., and behind them the most bizarre parade that ever trod this historic avenue...
...three places where the parade was known to have planned to stop. Whether the first shots were fired at Notre Dame, nobody could be sure. But the shooting started there just as the procession reached the cathedral. The time was 4:20. As the first shots rang out, Leclerc and Koenig tried to hustle De Gaulle through the door. De-Gaulle shook off their hands and never faltered. While the battle began outside, he walked slowly down the aisle. Before he had gone many paces a machine pistol fired down from above. At least two more joined in, and from...
...blessing. The Supreme Allied Commander appeared without public notice, drove to the Arc de Triomphe, waved and smiled his Kansas smile. The General had invited De Gaulle to accompany him, but other duties prevented. But with Ike Eisenhower were De Gaulle's seconds in command: Generals Koenig and Leclerc. Again Paris roared its acclaim. There was no sniping. Said De Gaulle to the jubilant Parisians...
When dapper, high-strung Brigadier General Jacques Leclerc, commander of the French Second Armored Division, burst into Paris, he carried a cane. It was the same cane with which, when he fought the Axis in Africa, he used to draw sketches in the sand at military conferences...