Petty Officer Charles-Marie Guillous, General de Gaulle Breton

In 1940, Charles-Marie Guillous, 30, was one of the first volunteers to join the French Forces libres (FFL). In London, the man of the sea became that of the waves and translated into Breton the appeal of 18 June. A time driver of General de Gaulle, he would make himself his interpreter. Every day for several weeks, he addressed his Armo-American compatriots, urging them to cross the Channel. If more than a quarter of the FFL came from Brittany,…