After de Gaulle laid the wreath, he was put into an open touring car. I walked along the car slowly as everybody cheered and yelled. All of a sudden, French Fascist snipers opened up on de Gaulle. I scurried away, but soon I saw the mob maul one of the snipers (far left, wearing tie). The man with the gun wanted to shoot him on the spot. Four years of German occupation had humiliated Parisians and put them on edge. They had no sympathy for Fascists in their midst. Other people protected the sniper, hoping to interrogate him. They dragged him down the street.
©Phil Drell