Congress enacted the War Brides Act allowing for admissible alien spouses, natural children, and adopted children of American troops to enter the U.S. as non-quota immigrants. The act expired in 1948.
Before expiring, about 70,000 British,, 150,000 to 200,000 Europeans, including 14,000 to 20,000 Germans, 50,000 to 100,000 from the Far East, including 51,747 Filipinas and 50,000 Japanese, and 16,000 Australian or New Zealander women came in through the act. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the numbers, in some ways, is the high number of Germans, given the nature of the war, and the comparatively high number of Japanese. Also remarkable is that the marriages from Asia were interracial.
Yank announced that as of the end of the year, it was no more.
Less thought of today than The Stars and Stripes, the popular World War Two service published magazine had various theater editions and was popular, something aided by every issue having a mild cheesecake centerfold.
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