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ForeignMarriage tatistics Statistics Show Shov , Equal Foreign ForeignMarriage Marriage Rate for Both Wars Influx InflU Influh of war brides bndes to all parts of the United Umted States lead leads leadsto ; duringWorld durmgWorld to the general unpression impression impression that G GIs I s serving servmg overseas durmg during World War II IIwere were more addicted to marrying marrymg foreign girl gIrlS gIrlSthan girlsthan ; than were their doughboy dougbboy fathers of World War I From the theBntlsh theBritish theBritish Bntlsh British Isles , France and Germany , even from far away Aus Austraha Austraha Australia transportIg transporting traha and the Philippines PhilIppmes , have come bride bnde ships transport transport- - Ig ing ? w war r wive wives to _ Amenca America to 301n joins < : ; Heir former u HusbandsThe The common impression unpresslOn that the theaverage theaverage thiaverage average G I of World War II was wasmore wasmore wa : more inclined to take a foreign w fe fethan tithan fethan than was his counterpart of World WorldWar WorldWar Worl WorlWar < War I is contradicted In statistic statistics statisticscomplIed statisticscompiled ; complied compiled by Metropolitan Life In Insurance Insurance Insurance surance companyRecords companyRecords company companyRecords Records indicate mdIcate that there were wereabout wereabout wenabout about 52 500 marriages with toreign foreign toreigng foreigng foreigg ) g ris rls during durmg World War II com cam compared campared cornpared pared with an estimated estlmated 4 000 to ti8000 8000 8 000 during durmg the war of a quartecentury quarter quartercentury quartercentury century ago Records for war mar marrlages marriages marriages rlages riages at that t me are very tn in tncomplete incomplete incomplete complete completeDespite , Despite the Increased Dum nnm Dumber nnmber numher ber however the foreign mar marrlage marwage marr rlage wage age : rate of the ( be two generations generationsof of servicemen serVlcemen is prachcally practically prachcallyequal practicallyequal practicallyeqgal equal _ _ Longer duration of World War n fl nand fland iand and the far tar greater numbers serv sari servIng serving ' Ing overseas account for tor the In Increase increase increase crease in marriages statisticians statisticianspomt statisticianspoint statisticianpoint pomt point out outTI TI ird Have ChildrenDuratlon ChildrenDuration Children ChildrenDuration Duration Duratlon of the war also Is re responslble responsible responsible sponslble sponsible for an increased number numberof numberof numbeof of ch eh Idren ldren then inwar in war marriages The Th52 52 500 foreign torelgn brides corn com ng to the theU theU thU U S to join their husbands were wereaccompamed wereaccompanied wcraccompanied accompamed accompanied by 17 17500 500 children ind In Ind ind d eating catmg that nearly a third had hadchildren haichildren hadchildren children In a maor maJor ) ty of cases casesthere casesthere casethere there was only one child cruld although althoughthere althoughthere althougthere ] there are Instances of as many mllny liS as asthree athree three cruldrenWar childrenWar children cruldren childrenWar War marriages were most com corn common cornmon cornmon mon in European and Mediterrarean Medlterranean Mediterrancan Medlterran Mediterran ean can theaters Nearly 60000 60 OOP 000 of the th ) 70 000 brides and ch Idren ldren came cam camefrom camfrom canfrom e ( from these two areas and they rep- rep represented re reresented re'resented reresented - ' > } > " resented more than 30 different d1tIerent na nationnl n ntional ntlonal a ' tionnl tional t esGreat esGreat es esGreat Great Britain Brltam had the largest per percentage pe pecentage pecentage r . centage of war brides 7 7a ; ) per cent cen cenfollowed cerfollowed , 11 followed by France and Italy Italyltb wi15 ; rut \ltb ltb \ L 15 per pcr cent each Belgium and Ire Ireland In Inland Irland e land w th 3 per cent each Wltb Wltbabout wit witabout wiabout b about 4 per cent from the othel othelcountnes oth othcountries othicountries er countnes countries of Europe and Northrica North AI AInca Anca AncaMany . nca rica ncalIIany ricaMany Many lIIany From AustraliaFrom AustraliaFrom Australia AustraliaFrom From the Pacific area came 10 ooe ooewar CC CCwar 0'war 0war ' C war brides 85 per cent of ot oho ohowere \ whowere horn hornwere m were from Australia Another 10 pel pelcent picent p pcent et cent are from New Zealand and andper andper f ( per cent from other countries par partlcularly pa paticularly paticularly r tlcularly ticularly the PhllIppmesAge PhilippinesAge Philippines PhllIppmes PhilippinesAge Age of war brides varies con considcrably conslderably considerably sidcrably slderably siderably with marked eoncentralions concentrations conccn eoncen concen conccntratioDS tratioDS tralions trations In the late tceos tcens teens andearly andearly and andearly early twenhesJust twentiesJust twenties twenhes twentiesJust Just as personnel of the armed armedforces arme armeforces arm armforces < d forces was recruited from ever ever everstate evelstate n , - state m in the Union so will thes4 thes4wives thewives the se ; :4 4 : wives and children ch11dren of ex GIs G Is I s set se stie ( t- t . ttie - . tle tie in every part of the country |