World War II Veteran, 100, Set To Marry Fiancee, 96, In France After D-Day Event
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World War II veteran Harold Terens was awarded the French Legion of Honour by President Emmanuel Macron in 2019.
Hundred-year-old World War II veteran Harold Terens will marry his 96-year-old fiancee Saturday in the French town of Carentan-les-Marais, just days after being honoured on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place a few kilometres away.
Terens's wedding to Jeanne Swerlin on Saturday will be followed by a celebration "with his loved ones, in a small group", said Sarah Pasquier, the town hall's representative for D-Day commemorations.
"We are very honoured that Mr. Terens has chosen to get married here, in Carentan, where in June 1944 the meeting of Allied troops from the landings at Utah and Omaha beaches took place," Mayor Jean-Pierre Lhonneur told AFP.
