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    80 years after D-Day, a World War II veteran is getting married near beaches where US troops landed

    by Terry Spencer Mar 10, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

    Harold Terens and his fiancee Jeanne Swerlin kissed and held hands like high school sweethearts as they discussed their upcoming wedding in France, a country the World War II veteran first visited as a 20-year-old U.S. Army Air Forces corporal shortly after D-Day.

    Terens, a gregarious and energetic 100-year-old, will be honored in June by the French as part of the 80th anniversary celebration of their country's liberation from the Nazis. Then he plans to marry the sprightly 96-year-old Swerlin in a town near the beaches where U.S. troops landed.

    “I love this girl — she is quite special,” said Terens, who has been dating Swerlin since 2021. To demonstrate their fondness for

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