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Anais LLOBET

Centenarian WWII Vet Marries Sweetheart, 96, In Normandy After D-Day Events

Jeanne Swerlin, 96, throws her bouquet of flowers after officialising her marriage to US WWII veteran Harold Terens, 100, in the town hall of Carentan-les-Marais, in Normandy (Credit: AFP)

It might have been the longest wait but on Saturday 100-year-old American World War II veteran Harold Terens married his 96-year-old fiancee in Normandy, just days after being honoured on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in northern France.

To the sounds of "I will always love you", "Ave Maria" and bagpipes, Terens and his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin said "I do" in the town of Carentan-les-Marais at a ceremony attended by dozens of guests, some wearing military uniforms.

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