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Not long after being honored as one of the last surviving veterans of World War II on D-Day's 80th anniversary, 100-year-old Harold Terens and his 96-year-old bride, Jeanne Swerlin, proved beyond a doubt that it's never too late for love.
They were married in a ceremony in France on Saturday, and it was just as wholesome as you could imagine.
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From the AP story (via
Military News) comes a quote by Swerlin right before her marriage became official: "It’s not just for young people, love, you know? We get butterflies. And we get a little action, also."
Yooooooo. Let's go!! Harold Terens clearly still got that dawg in him. Swerlin called him the greatest kisser ever, and Terens said Saturday was the best day of his life.
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It was also revealed in the AP report that French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Joe Biden will welcome the newly wedded couple to their state dinner on Saturday night. Although the wedding wasn't bound by law due to local traditions, Terens and Swerlin can make it official-official once they touch back down in the States.
What a backstory Terens has from the war, too. To hit on just the broad strokes, Terens helped repair planes that were sent back into battle on D-Day, facilitated the transport of freed American POWs from France to England, and worked as a repair technician on radios for a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter unit.
Being a combined 196 years old and deciding to get married is the flex of all flexes. The swag Terens must have — and you know Swerlin, with the game she's talking, must have had a lot of interested suitors even at this stage of her life. Hard to beat a World War II badass like Terens. May they live out the rest of their days in unbridled happiness. I have a feeling that true love like this can only bode well for how long they can hang in there.
For more on the couple, check out the cool segment from CBS below, which reveals they met a few years ago in Boca Raton, Florida. Congratulations to them!
https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/1798853779883704598
