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Show WORLD WAR I BRIDES .','-' ;v " . ! & -i'ls " r S ' , , ' t . I V " , ! hi - - I i ; t ; PT - " ... : - World War II Brides ; U A ! Kr l V , f . - J ...v ww mwwaw v. asiaiiisaMk. iTWm TWifilf' ttfiiit'ffiM MARKED CONTRAST . . . Foreign girls were wooed and won by American soldiers in both world wars but, as the above pictures attest, there was a marked difference in the brides of two generations. Photo (1) shows a group of American soldiers In World War I's army of occupation entraining at Coblenz, many bringing back wives and children. Girls like those shown in photo (2) won the hearts of American servicemen serv-icemen in World War I, the picture showing typical war brides ready to embark for the U. S. In contrast to their sister war brides of a quarter century ago. World War II brides show every evidence of modernity. mod-ernity. Photo (3) shows joyous wives of ex-G.I.s obligingly posing on the railing of a transport in typical typ-ical Hollywood style, although minus the finishing touches. Longer duration of World War II resulted In larger families for G.I.s and their foreign brides. Larger than ordinary is the family of Arthur Smith of Greenville, N. C. Mrs. Smith is shown in photo (4) arriving from England with her four children, two of which were by a former marriage. An Italian girl "fell hard" for Joseph Cianciotto of Rochester, N. Y., and they were married in Italy. Mrs. Cianciotto "fell hard" for him again when her war bride ship docked in New York, as photo (5) attests. Even modern modes of transportation were utilized in reuniting G.I.s and their foreign brides, pheto (6) showing a group of war brides arriving in America by airliner. |