WWII vet, 100, marries 96-year-old sweetheart near D-Day beaches days after 80th anniversary: ‘We get butterflies … and a little action’

A 100-year-old World War II veteran married his 96-year-old sweetheart near the D-Day beaches of Normandy, France, on Saturday.

New York City natives Harold Terens and Jeanne Swerlin tied the knot at the town hall of Carentan, where the famous World War II Battle of Carentan took place between the US and Germany, just two days after the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

“It’s not just for young people, love, you know? We get butterflies. And we get a little action, also,” said Swerlin, who wore a long pink dress.

The couple, who are both widowed, have been dating since 2021. Terens is from the Bronx while Swerlin is a native of Brooklyn.

Onlookers, some donning WWII-era clothing, lined up at the town hall an hour before the wedding to wish the happy couple well on their big day. There was also a pipe and drum band on hand to provide some sweet serenades.

Although their vows were read by Carentan’s mayor, Jean-Pierre Lhonneur, in English, the couple still said, “Oui,” meaning “Yes,” in French instead of “I do.”

Lhonneur’s office stated that the wedding was not legally binding, but a symbolic ceremony, since he cannot wed foreigners who are not residents of Carentan, and the couple did not ask for legally binding vows.

After the celebration, Terens proposed a toast to the crowd gathered outside.

“To everybody’s good health. And to peace in the world and the preservation of democracy all over the world and the end of the war in Ukraine and Gaza,” he said.

On Saturday night, the newlyweds were guests of honor at a dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris, home to France’s President Emmanuel Macron, with Macron and President Joe Biden in attendance.

On June 6, 1944, more than 150,000 Allied troops invaded five Nazi Germany-occupied beaches in Normandy, which ultimately led to the end of the war.

D-Day, which claimed the lives of 4,000 Allied soldiers, was the largest naval, air and land invasion in history.

Terens enlisted in 1942 and was sent to Great Britain the following year, serving as a radio repair technician for a four-pilot P-47 Thunderbolt fighter squadron. All his original pilots died in the war.

On D-Day, he aided in repairing planes coming back from France and said half his company’s pilots died that day.

The spunky seniors weren’t shy about expressing their affection for one another on their wedding day.

“He’s the greatest kisser ever, you know?” Swerlin said before they had a passionate embrace.

With Post wires