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At 102, D-Day veteran looks forward to a long-delayed bar mitzvah
- Early next year, Harold Terens will hold his bar mitzvah at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, a ceremony he missed as a child.
- Growing up in New York, his brother received the rite but he did not, and at nearly 102 he celebrated early with family in Florida.
- In 1942, he enlisted as a radio repair technician for a P-47 Thunderbolt squadron, helping repair planes on June 6, 1944, despite half his pilots dying that day.
- Amid reflecting on his 102 years, Harold Terens credits his longevity to minimizing stress, believing `you’ll add at least 10 years to your life`, Cody Jackson and Curt Anderson reported.
- Being honored by France in June 2024 for Normandy’s 80th liberation anniversary underscores his wartime legacy, and he said `I thought my wedding in Normandy last year was the highlight of my life`.
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WWII vet marks 102nd birthday and plans for his long-awaited bar mitzvah: ‘The best is yet to come’
New York City native Harold Terens was overcome with love Saturday as he celebrated his 102nd birthday with dozens of friends and family, among them his second wife, three children, eight grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.
At 102, Delray Beach D-Day veteran looks forward to a long-delayed bar mitzvah
Harold Terens fought in World War II. He’s lived almost 102 years, celebrating his birthday a couple weeks early with family and friends in Florida. But he has something more to look forward to. His bar mitzvah. Terens said at his birthday celebration Saturday that his brother got the traditional Jewish ceremony marking the beginning of adulthood when they were kids living in New York, but he did not. “My mother came from Poland. My father came …
At almost 102, Delray Beach D-Day veteran looks forward to a long-delayed bar mitzvah
By CODY JACKSON and CURT ANDERSON DELRAY BEACH — Harold Terens fought in World War II. He’s lived almost 102 years, celebrating his birthday a couple weeks early with family and friends in Florida. But he has something more to look forward to. His bar mitzvah. Terens said at his birthday celebration Saturday that his brother got the traditional Jewish ceremony marking the beginning of adulthood when they were kids living in New York, but he did …
At 102, D-Day veteran looks forward to a long-delayed bar mitzvah
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Harold Terens fought in World War II. He’s lived almost 102 years, celebrating his birthday a couple weeks early with family and friends in Florida. But he has something more to look forward to. His bar mitzvah. Terens said at his birthday celebration Saturday that his brother got the traditional Jewish ceremony marking the beginning of adulthood when they were kids living in New York, but he did not. “My mother came fr…
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