Harold Terens is a World War II veteran who visited Normandy eight decades ago as a U.S. Army Air Forces corporal.
Jeanne Swerlin wore her mother's dress for the wedding ceremony held at the town hall of Carentan.
The couple met three years ago in Florida and got engaged in Jeanne's garage.
Two centenarians, Harold Terens and Jeanne Swerlin, got married near the historic D-Day beaches in Normandy.
In a heartwarming display of love and resilience, two centenarians, Harold Terens and Jeanne Swerlin, tied the knot near the historic D-Day beaches in Normandy, France. The couple's combined age was nearly 200 years old.
Harold Terens, a World War II veteran at the age of 100, first visited Normandy eight decades ago as a U.S. Army Air Forces corporal after D-Day. He helped repair planes returning from France and transported freed Allied prisoners to England following the Nazi surrender in May 1945.
Jeanne Swerlin, also 96 years old, wore her mother's dress for the wedding ceremony held at the elegant stone-worked town hall of Carentan. The location was a key initial D-Day objective that saw intense fighting after the Allied landings on June 6, 1944.
The couple met about three years ago in Florida after both had lost their previous spouses. They were set up on a date at Seasons 52 in Boca Raton and Terens proposed to Swerlin in her garage. She agreed with a joke that she didn't know how to help him up.
Terens expressed his desire for the Allied troops who died on the nearby beaches during D-Day to attend his wedding in spirit.
Harold Terens first visited Normandy 80 years ago as a U.S. Army Air Forces corporal after D-Day
Harold Terens helped send German and American prisoners to England following D-Day
Terens and Swerlin met about three years ago in Florida after both losing their previous spouses
They were set up on a date at Seasons 52 in Boca Raton, Fla.
Terens proposed to Swerlin in her garage and she agreed, joking that she didn’t know how to help him up
Terens wanted the Allied troops who died on the nearby beaches during D-Day to attend his wedding in spirit
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Harold Terens and Jeanne were married earlier on Saturday
They attended a state banquet in honor of President Joe Biden at the Elysée Palace in Paris
The wedding took place near the D-Day beaches where Allied troops landed on June 6, 1944.
Harold Terens helped repair planes during D-Day and lost half of his company’s pilots. He later transported freed prisoners to England.
The wedding was symbolic and not legally binding but the couple were invited to the state dinner at the Elysee Palace with Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden.
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The author uses an appeal to emotion when describing Harold Terens' experiences and feelings towards his late wife and new fiancée. He also uses an informal fallacy by summarizing the story with the phrase 'Get Caught Up' which is not a formal or logical argument.
]There's no love affair ever, fictional or otherwise, that's better than ours[/,
Harold Terens helped repair planes during D-Day and lost half of his company's pilots. He later transported freed prisoners to England.
Jeanne Swerlin wore a dress that belonged to her mother for the wedding.
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The article contains an appeal to authority with the mention of President Emmanuel Macron and United States President Joe Biden attending the wedding. However, this does not affect the content of the article or any assertions made by Al Jazeera.
President Emmanuel Macron and United States President Joe Biden were in attendance at the wedding.
Harold Terens and Jeanne Swerlin got married in Carentan-les-Marais, France near the D-Day beaches on the 80th anniversary of the event.
Harold Terens first visited France as a 20-year-old U.S. Army Air Forces corporal shortly after D-Day, serving as a radio repair technician for a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter unit.
Terens helped repair planes returning from France and transported freed Allied prisoners to England after the Nazi surrender in May 1945.
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The wedding took place near the D-Day beaches in Normandy on the 80th anniversary of the event.
The wedding was symbolic and not legally binding as per French law due to the couple’s non-residency in Carentan.
Harold Terens helped repair planes returning from France and transported freed Allied prisoners to England after the Nazi surrender in May 1945.
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The article contains an appeal to authority with the mention of President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Joe Biden attending the wedding and praising the couple during a toast. However, no formal fallacies were found in the text.
President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Joe Biden attended the wedding and praised the couple during a toast.
