Amid the somber D-Day anniversary commemorations came some joy, as a 100-year-old U.S. veteran returned to Normandy to marry his 96-year-old bride. Harold Terens was a radio operator mechanic who traveled to Normandy to transport freed American prisoners of war to England, and wanted to marry in Normandy to have the soldiers killed on D-Day attend in spirit. "I want them to know that they're not forgotten, he told NBC News. He met his bride, Jeanne Swerlin, in 2021, after his wife of 70 years died. "Love is not only for the young. We still get butterflies," Swerlin said. "We get a little action also."
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Marvin Gilmore
100 yrs old
On June 6 1944 #DDay his all #Black antiaircraft artillery battalion stormed the beaches of #Normandy
“War is gruesome. And I think most soldiers who came back, we don’t talk about it. We really don’t. It’s just, it’s beyond, it’s just beyond your imagination"
His grandparents were born into #slavery
He cofounded the first Black owned and operated commercial #bank in #NewEngland:
They denied him a home loan
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