{"id":2266937,"date":"2024-06-13T13:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T17:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greatest-hallmark-movie-ever-days-after-d-day-honoring-wwii-veteran-100-gets-married\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T13:20:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T17:20:40","slug":"greatest-hallmark-movie-ever-days-after-d-day-honoring-wwii-veteran-100-gets-married","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greatest-hallmark-movie-ever-days-after-d-day-honoring-wwii-veteran-100-gets-married\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Hallmark Movie Ever: WWII Vet, 100, Weds Days After D-Day Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgreatest-hallmark-movie-ever-days-after-d-day-honoring-wwii-veteran-100-gets-married%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2266937&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In \u2063a heartwarming turn of events reminiscent of\u200b a Hallmark movie, 100-year-old World War II veteran Harold Terens married 96-year-old Jeanne Swerlin during the 80th D-Day anniversary celebrations in France. The\u2062 couple, both native New Yorkers and widowed, had met three years prior in Boca Raton, Florida. Their \u2062wedding took place at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">town hall<\/a>\u2064 in\u2064 Carentan-les-Marais, near \u200dthe\u200b D-Day \u2063beaches,\u200c with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vice-president-harris-swears-in-laphonza-butler-to-replace-sen-feinstein\/\" title=\"VP Harris swears in Laphonza Butler as Sen. Feinstein's replacement.\">ceremony conducted<\/a> in English. Although it was \u2064a symbolic ceremony and not legally binding,\u2064 love was clearly \u2063in \u2062the air, with the mayor noting they could legalize \u200ctheir union in Florida if they wished.<\/p>\n<p>Harold Terens, who had\u2063 served in the Army \u2063Air Corps during the D-Day operations,\u2062 described the\u2064 wedding day as the best of his life,\u200d sealing their vows in French with a \u201coui.\u201d The newlyweds later attended a state dinner in Paris where \u2063they were congratulated by French President Macron among other dignitaries. The celebration\u200c highlighted their deep connection, \u2062with\u2062 Jeanne\u2064 expressing her delight at finding love in such a monumental moment of \u200bher life. Despite \u200ctheir age, the couple\u2019s story\u2062 affirms that love isn&#8217;t confined \u2064to the young, and it\u2019s clear they treasure each day together, enriching each \u2062other\u2019s lives deeply.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>    <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/%20\"><span>Randy DeSoto<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 13, 2024 at 8:32am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>In a hopeful act that seems right out of a Hallmark movie, 100-year-old World War II veteran Harold Terens exchanged wedding vows with his 96-year-old sweetheart, Jeanne Swerlin, last week during the 80th anniversary of D-Day commemorations in France.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/world-war-ii-veteran-weds-near-normandys-d-day-beaches-hes-100-bride-is-96\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a> reported the native New Yorkers, both widowed, met three years ago in Boca Raton, Florida, where they now live.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing in love is not just for the young,\u201d Swerlin said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">100-year-old World War II veteran Harold Terens and 96-year-old Jeanne Swerlin are getting married this week at a chapel in France that\u2019s not far from where U.S. forces landed on D-Day. The lovebirds met three years ago and say they keep each other young by dancing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NnC9yabdx8\">pic.twitter.com\/NnC9yabdx8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSEveningNews\/status\/1798853779883704598?\">June 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The couple had a wedding ceremony on Saturday at the Carentan-les-Marais town hall, not far from the beach landing sites for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/eisenhower-ended-d-day-order-troops-asking-pray-80-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American forces on D-Day<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/dday-anniversary-war-wedding-normandy-terens-swerlin-fd4c4d73b87238787fe616719286a561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Terens called it \u201cthe best day of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carentan-les-Marais Mayor Jean-Pierre Lhonneur conducted the ceremony in English, though Terens and Swerlin each responded with the French \u201coui\u201d to the marriage vows.<\/p>\n<p>The AP noted, \u201cThe wedding was symbolic, not binding in law. Mayor Jean-Pierre Lhonneur\u2019s office said he wasn\u2019t empowered to wed foreigners who aren\u2019t residents of Carentan, and that the couple, who are both American, hadn\u2019t requested legally binding vows. However, they could always complete those formalities back in Florida if they wished.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">D-Day veteran marries bride in France near the beaches.<\/p>\n<p>US Army veteran Harold Terens, 100, married Jeanne Swerlin in Normandy amid a raft of events to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bNXmSEkUmj\">https:\/\/t.co\/bNXmSEkUmj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LF7MeBPIHK\">pic.twitter.com\/LF7MeBPIHK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky News (@SkyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyNews\/status\/1799811940769996856?\">June 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The two later attended a state dinner at Elysee Palace in Paris hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, and attended by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hot-mic-catches-biden-explaining-french-president-first-one-leave-d-day-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Joe Biden<\/a> and first lady Jill Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Macron congratulated Terens and Swerlin at the event and wished them a happy life together.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">World War II veteran Harold Terens, 100, and his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin, 96, who married today in Normandy, are at the French state dinner in the outfits they got married in <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FWNKbtrQbd\">pic.twitter.com\/FWNKbtrQbd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emily Goodin (@Emilylgoodin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Emilylgoodin\/status\/1799508028766499155?\">June 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Swerlin told Agence France-Presse ahead of their ceremony, \u201cBeing in this famous situation, like, it\u2019s unreal. I mean to have this at my age, to have this fun and excitement, due to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019m glad I fell in love with him not knowing he was \u2026 a World War II hero,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never loved like I love this girl,\u201d Terens said. \u201cShe lights up my life. She makes everything beautiful. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canceled-or-not-woody-allen-is-a-genius\/\" title=\"Canceled Or Not, Woody Allen Is A Genius\">makes life worth living<\/a>. She\u2019s everything I\u2019ve always wanted and I\u2019ve got it now, and I\u2019m never letting her go.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">VIDEO: Americans Harold Terens and Jeanne Swerlin promise their courtship is \u201cbetter than Romeo and Juliet\u201d: He is 100, she\u2019s 96, and they marry next month in France, where the groom-to-be served during World War II <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8gvU8oLL1q\">pic.twitter.com\/8gvU8oLL1q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AFP News Agency (@AFP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFP\/status\/1788670275640242233?\">May 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Terens was 20 when he served in the Army Air Corps during the D-Day operation on June 6, 1944. He repaired planes in England on the day of the invasion.<\/p>\n<p>He told the AP that half of his company\u2019s pilots died that day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should Hallmark turn this story into a movie?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Twelve days after the initial landings, Terens flew to France to help transport captured German POWs and newly freed American POWs back to England.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/d-day-75-years-ago-american-heroes-helped-liberate-suffering-humanity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Normandy invasion<\/a> was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hot-mic-catches-biden-explaining-to-french-president-why-he-had-to-be-the-first-one-to-leave-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-read-the-memo-provided-to-vp-pence-noting-that-he-has-the-opportunity-to-save-the-country\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Read the Memo Provided to VP Pence Noting that He Has the Opportunity to Save the Country\">d-day<\/a>-event\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Biden Caught on Hot Mic Explaining Early Departure from D-Day Event&#8221;>largest amphibious operation undertaken<\/a> in the history of warfare.<\/p>\n<p>The battle \u2014 which occurred on a 50-mile stretch \u2014 came nearly five years after German dictator Adolf Hitler plunged the world into war when his Nazi forces invaded and occupied much of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The Allies amassed more than 156,000 troops, nearly 7,000 ships and 11,000-plus aircraft for the operation, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dod.defense.gov\/Portals\/1\/features\/2016\/0516_dday\/docs\/d-day-fact-sheet-the-beaches.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Defense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The D-Day plan involved crossing the English Channel and making landings on five Normandy beach sites, as well as dropping paratroopers from the 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions behind enemy lines.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. 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Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44657\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44657\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44657\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44657\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44657\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Randy DeSoto has written more than 3,000 articles for The Western Journal since he joined the company in 2015. He is a graduate of West Point and Regent University School of Law. He is the author of the book &#8220;We Hold These Truths&#8221; and screenwriter of the political documentary &#8220;I Want Your Money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Graduated dean&#8217;s list from West Point <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  United States Military Academy at West Point, Regent University School of Law <\/p>\n<p>  Books Written <\/p>\n<p>  We Hold These Truths <\/p>\n<p>  Professional Memberships <\/p>\n<p>  Virginia and Pennsylvania state bars <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  Phoenix, Arizona <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Entertainment, Faith <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a scene reminiscent of a Hallark movie, 100-year-old WWII veteran Harold Terens married 96-year-old Jeanne Swerlin during the 80th D-Day anniversary in France. 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