Frankfurt, Germany, October 1948: Mrs. Oliver Johnson, left, a war bride married to an American sergeant, reads a magazine while son William snoozes on the sofa at the Rhein-Main airport. Between 50 ...

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 ...

She had married U.S. Navy Lt. Frank Kranz in London on March 31, 1944, after a six-week courtship that started at a dance in South Wales, where she grew up. "His ship was torpedoed, and he put in to ...

Kathi Teller Exford, widow of a German tank sergeant killed on the Russian front, and wife of Theodore H. Exford of Lanesborough, three-times wounded in Europe when machine gunner in the Third Armored ...