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Japanese war brides attended schools to learn American way of life

Tens of thousands of young Japanese women married American GIs in occupied Tokyo after the end of World War Two. The War Brides Act of 1945 allowed American servicemen who married abroad to bring ...
BBC

The Japanese women who married the enemy

Seventy years ago many Japanese people in occupied Tokyo after World War Two saw US troops as the enemy. But tens of thousands of young Japanese women married GIs nonetheless - and then faced a big ...
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Smithsonian exhibit honors Japanese war brides in Elmira

The Chemung Historical Society now has a Smithsonian traveling exhibit that highlights the legacy and struggles of Japanese War Brides. After World War II, many Japanese women immigrated to the United ...
Santa Clara University

History professor shares her grandmother’s story as a Japanese war bride

History professor shares her grandmother’s story as a Japanese war bride The life of her grandmother Michiko helped inspire Sonia Gomez’s first book, “Picture Bride, War Bride: The Role of Marriage in ...