His colleague - the legendary American war correspondent Ernie Pyle who entered Paris with General Leclerc's column, wrote this.

BBC: Part Two - France and Memory

The other two signatories on the document are those of General LeClerc, who led the Free French troops into Paris ahead of Eisenhower's American 4th Infantry earlier that day, and Colonel Rol Tonguy of the Paris Resistance.

BBC: Part Three - France and the World

Three thousand of them, in plainclothes and armed with carbines, revolvers, and a few sub-machine guns, took the place over and defended it successfully for six days before being relieved by the arrival of the French armored division of General Leclerc.

NPR: Excerpt: 'World War II Writings'