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From the S&S archives: War brides prepare to leave for the U.S.

Photos by Henry Compton, ©Stars and Stripes
European edition, Saturday, November 27, 1948

With only a few weeks remaining before a change that would make immigration to the U.S. more difficult for them, war brides of U.S. servicemembers passed through Rhein-Main airport at a rate of 50 to 75 per week on their way to a new life in America.
(Click here to read Stripes' 1948 story about the war brides.)

Mrs. Oliver Johnson, left, passes the time before her flight reading a magazine while son William catches some sleep.

A soldier bound for the U.S. with his family stocks up on reading material for the flight.

Dinner time for a soldier and his family at Rhein-Main ...

... But not everyone is in the mood to eat.

Soldiers and their families head up the gangplank of an American Overseas Airlines flight for the trip to New York and points beyond.

Sgt. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Housh, son Saulius and daughter Andrille prepare for departure.