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 ...
Standing on the steps of the Humboldt County Courthouse, these young Humboldt men have all been inducted into the military on a single day in 1942, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Phillip died ...
The mystery of a young war bride from Reykjavik who immigrated to Portland in 1946 is solved. She had married a brute, and she had to surrender her two children to the state. Then she disappeared. The ...