US war vet, 100, to marry sweetheart, 96

Americans Harold Terens and Jeanne Swerlin promise their courtship is "better than Romeo and Juliet" he is 100, she's 96, and they marry next month in France, where the groom to-be served during World War II.

US Air Force veteran Terens will be honored on June 6 at a commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, the historic Allied operation that changed the course of the war.

Two days later Harold and Jeanne will exchange vows in Carentan-les-Marais, close to the beaches where thousands of soldiers waded ashore - and many died - that day in 1944. The town's mayor will preside over the ceremony.

"It's a love story like you've never heard before," Terens assures Agence France-Presse.

During an interview at Swerlin's home in Boca Raton, Florida, they exchange glances, hold hands and smooch like teenagers.