Posted on Jun 9, 2024
He helped bring back American POWs in Normandy. 80 years later, he got married there
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The first time Harold Terens traveled to Normandy, he was 20 years old, a U.S. Army Air Forces corporal, and tasked with bringing freed American prisoners of war to England days after D-Day in 1944 — a pivotal moment in World War II that helped liberate Europe from Nazi occupation.
Eighty years later, Terens returned to the region in northern France with another mission at hand — to tie the knot with his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin.
Eighty years later, Terens returned to the region in northern France with another mission at hand — to tie the knot with his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin.
He helped bring back American POWs in Normandy. 80 years later, he got married there
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Terens, 100, and Swerlin, 96, both grew up in New York City but did not cross paths until 2021 through the introduction of Swerlin's former partner's daughter. Both Terens and Swerlin were widowed at the time. Terens had sworn off dating at the time but he said he felt an instant connection to Swerlin after the two were encouraged to go to dinner, The Associated Press reported.
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