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The REAL story of the GI brides: How British wartime girls married dashing U.S. soliders
The Daily Mail ^ | 6 October 2013 | Kieran Corcoran

Posted on 10/06/2013 9:07:11 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

When Margaret Boyle took an American to be her husband in 1943, she was one of 70,000 British wartime women won over by their wealth and charm.

With their pay five times that of a British Tommy, and all the glamour of Hollywood around them, the servicemen proved irresistible to the many young ladies who became GI Brides.

They were offered free passage by the U.S. Army to start a new life on the other side of the Atlantic.

But many found the American dream was not what they expected as the reality of life in the States set in once their husbands were out of uniform.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: lavaroise

Good points...


41 posted on 10/07/2013 5:43:31 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (This post coming to you today from behind the Camelskin Curtain. Not the Iron or Bamboo Curtain...)
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To: DoughtyOne; All
and then, there were the "Picadilly Commandos"
42 posted on 10/07/2013 7:20:11 AM PDT by ken5050 (Benghazi investigation update: "The plot thickens, like Hillary Clinton's ankles.." (longfellow")
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To: BwanaNdege

Good for you :-)

I hope you at least taught her how to make a good sweet tea!


43 posted on 10/07/2013 8:29:55 AM PDT by GatorGirl (Who is John Galt?)
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To: ModelBreaker

“A good deal of southern Sweden lost 1/2 to 1/5 of its population to immigration in quite a short time. The census records are quite amazing.”

If interested, books by Wilhelm Moberg deal with it.


44 posted on 10/07/2013 9:44:41 AM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: yarddog
the Brits would sometimes just stop and make tea.

Some years ago, I was being driven around the "bush" country of Western Australia while touring the lobster fishery....mid-afternoon, I began to notice that much of the traffic on these backwater roads was pulled over and the boots were open.

My buddy explained it easily and quickly: "Teatime, Bazza - teatime".

45 posted on 10/07/2013 9:53:41 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (The 0baMao Experiment: Abject Failure)
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To: MinorityRepublican
I was born in England and reared on military bases in the 1950’s to 1970. I met many “war brides” from England, Italy, France and Germany. They were the Mothers of my friends. Most of my friends had great families and the women were hard working and loving Mothers. Most had good marriages. I think the article is bunk. JMO.
46 posted on 10/07/2013 10:30:25 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Secret Agent Man

lol, naw, God had to practice making man, then went on to perfection with woman ;-)


47 posted on 10/07/2013 12:01:30 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44 ('Hey citizen, what's in YOUR closet?')
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To: AllAmericanGirl44
Most had good marriages. I think the article is bunk. JMO.

My Father, a Texan, meet and married my Mother, an Englishwoman, when he was in the Air Force in the 1960s. When I was a kid they used to go to English themed Christmas Parties thrown by a group of English women who had married GIs in WWII. I know at least one of them's husband was a shiftless drunk, but by and large they seemed happily married. My Mother still visits one of the ladies, who has been widowed for about 20 years.

48 posted on 10/07/2013 12:16:40 PM PDT by Pilsner
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To: AllAmericanGirl44

right. helen thomas? QED. :)


49 posted on 10/07/2013 1:27:56 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BwanaNdege

My Great-great grandmother lived with my mother when she was growing up. GGGM’s husband was killed at Appomattox. She wouldn’t allow a Yankee in the house.


50 posted on 10/07/2013 1:33:08 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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To: Secret Agent Man

I think some imps get in on that ‘creation’
How about Sophia Loren
Rachel Welsh
Catherine Deverou (sp)

You get my drift - all in good fun ~


51 posted on 10/07/2013 1:43:57 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44 ('Hey citizen, what's in YOUR closet?')
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To: AllAmericanGirl44

yeah :)

but another way to interpret it is God thought ribs were perfect. man just added fire and bbq sauce...

incidentally did you know that there is one set of ribs on people that if removed, will grow back?


52 posted on 10/07/2013 1:51:53 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

lol, clever

No, I didn’t know that about ribs, very interesting.

Where can I read about this interesting tid bit?


53 posted on 10/07/2013 2:28:32 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44 ('Hey citizen, what's in YOUR closet?')
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To: hosepipe

Scant toilet paper?.

Oh, and the British ARE citizens and have been since 1948. Its a myth we are subjects because we have the Queen.

p.s you forgot the Sikhs.


54 posted on 10/07/2013 8:24:50 PM PDT by the scotsman (i)
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To: the scotsman

p.s you forgot the Sikhs.


I mentioned muslims....


55 posted on 10/07/2013 9:04:58 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: the scotsman

Oh, and the British ARE citizens and have been since 1948. Its a myth we are subjects because we have the Queen.


British are subjects BECAUSE they are socialists..
Socialism allows zero citizens.. the gov’t OWNS them...


Democracy is the road to socialism. -Karl Marx

Democracy is indispensable to socialism.
The goal of socialism is communism. -V.I. Lenin

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism .-Karl Marx


56 posted on 10/07/2013 9:18:09 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: hosepipe

?


57 posted on 10/08/2013 4:09:32 AM PDT by the scotsman (i)
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