Erie's WWII war brides included stowaway, woman who met hubby in a fog

Dozens of foreign brides rejoined their discharged husbands in Erie after World War II. Families and organizations mustered ...
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The most famous ‘war brides’ and how they served their country behind the scenes

During World War I, the term “war bride” was coined to describe women who were hastily married before their new husbands shipped off to Europe. Whether due to values or norms of the time, soldiers ...
Oregonian

the war bride

The mystery of a young war bride from Reykjavik who immigrated to Portland in 1946 is solved. She had married a brute, and she had to surrender her two children to the state. Then she disappeared. The ...
The Nation

The Supreme Court v. My Mother

After my mother escaped the Holocaust, she broke the law to save her family. Her immigration story is more pertinent today than ever before. Regina and Ben Treitler.(Leo Treitler) In 1952, my mother, ...
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Smithsonian Highlights the Experiences and Impact of Japanese War Brides in New Traveling Exhibition

Masako and Irvine McConney Sr. drove from California to New York in 1955. Along the way several hotels and restaurants denied Irvine entry, so they slept and ate in the car. Courtesy of the McConney ...