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France honours veterans on 81st anniversary of D-Day
Thousands gathered in Normandy for the 81st D-Day anniversary, honouring the WWII invasion.
![Guests attend a ceremony at the US cemetery to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6, 2025 in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy. [Thomas Padilla/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image-1749244360.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Harold Terens and Jeanne Swelin were later guests at a state dinner with French President Macron and US President Biden.
![US WWII veteran Harold Terens, 100, left, and Jeanne Swerlin, 96, celebrate their wedding at the town hall of Carentan-les-Marais, in Normandy, France, on Saturday, June 8, 2024 [Jeremias Gonzalez/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AP24160424834484-1717874959.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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