Harold Terens later got dysentery which almost killed him. He later had another close call when a British barkeeper refused to serve him past closing time despite his pleadings for just one more drink. Moments after he was kicked out, a German rocket destroyed the pub.
Following the German surrender, Terens again helped transfer freed Allied prisoners back to England before he shipped back to the U.S. a month later.
He married his wife Thelma in 1948. She died in 2018 after 70 years of marriage. His bride-to-be, Jeanne Swerlin married at 21 and then had a second husband who died after 18 years and a long term boyfriend who died in 2019.
The couple and their families will travel to Paris in late May where Terens and a handful of Americans will be honored. It will be his 4th D-Day commemoration.
So Happy for Them. --GreGen
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