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Carentan (France) (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 northwestern 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. To top off an extraordinary day, the newly wedded couple then attended the state banqu...
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Caen (France) (AFP) - 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 11:00 am (0900 GMT) wedding to Jeanne Swerlin 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 o...
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Ver-sur-Mer (France) (AFP) - Around 180 veterans in their late 90s or even over 100 were guests of honour at D-Day commemorations in France on Thursday, many attending in wheelchairs for possibly the last time. At British, US and Canadian ceremonies, they recounted their memories of the Allied landings on June 6, 1944, that would help expel German forces from France and end World War II. British former combatant Joe Mines, 99, said he had returned to the Normandy seaside town of Ver-sur-Mer for the first time in 80 years because it was likely his "last and only opportunity". "I wanted to pay m...
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Whitstable (United Kingdom) (AFP) - John Roberts was a 20-year-old British Royal Navy officer during the D-Day landings 80 years ago and remembers making light of the daring mission at the time. The former sub-lieutenant was aboard the destroyer HMS Serapis during the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944, protecting minesweepers during the crossing of the Channel. "I have a letter now that I wrote to my mother at that time and I said, 'It's all good fun'," Roberts, now aged 100 and one of Britain's few remaining D-Day veterans, told AFP. "I had just had my 20th birthday and at that age, ...
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Boca Raton (United States) (AFP) - Americans Harold Terens and Jeanne Swerlin promise their courtship is "better than Romeo and Juliet": He is 100, she's 96, and they marry next month in France, where the groom-to-be served during World War II. US Air Force veteran Terens will be honored on June 6 at a commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, the historic Allied operation that changed the course of the war. Two days later Harold and Jeanne will exchange vows in Carentan-les-Marais, close to the beaches where thousands of soldiers waded ashore -- and many died --...
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