Maria Feo

Sidney Nelson
Coach Nelson
F Period
Annotated Bibliographies
11-6-15

Primary Sources
Arrowsmith, Robyn. "Travelling for Love: Journeys of WWII War Brides."
(n.d.): 1-5. 31 May 2008. Web. 12 Oct. 2015.
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womenmarriedUSservicemen.Thisarticlereallygaveusasenseofhowmanywomen
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Battle, Lois. War Brides. New York, NY: St. Martin's, 1982. Print.
This book begins with Dawn Mueller on the ship going to America with
her baby. Just the first page really gave us a grasp on how hard it was.
The people around her were singing and were very excited, but Dawn
was full of anxiety and how she kept looking for her family on shore as
they departed. She thought about how she might not be able to see
them again for many years.
Beebe, Joy. Snapshots of a War Brides Life. New Jersey: John A. Beebe,
2012
This book is a 1940 account of a young English girl and her family
living and working through WWII. From the scary sounds of bombs,
sleeping on mattresses under a table for years and watching the city of
London burn from afar, Joy meets an American soldier Carl and leaves
her homeland ~ not returning for 20 years. With only $10 upon their
1948 arrival in New York after a very long and rough sea crossing, the
couple successfully builds their life in Salem, Oregon, USA.
Concadoro, Francesca (2015, October 4th) personal interview with Maria
Feo

This is my very own annotation that I got to use because I have several
family members in Italy who are war brides and shared their story with
me. This was extremely helpful because now I could hear a real person
not just get my information out of book but actually understand very
well myself. She talks a lot of her husband and how he went off and
how it was hard for her to always be separated with him but they got
though. It truly also helped me realize the real emotion in this.
Fiorenza, Maria (2015, October 4th) personal interview with Maria Feo
The person interviewed here was my grandmother aunt who still lives
in Italy. She married her husband very young and he was enlisted early
in their marriage. She talked about the struggle of him not being there
especially when she had her child. It was a miracle he came back, then
she talked a lot about her everyday life as he was gone and how
everyone acted during the hard times of the war. This was very helpful
because it was a good inside look on what women did during their time
at home and what they thought and how they worked.
Forsburg, Elizabeth. uswarbrides.com. War Bride Temporarily
Reunited. Wales Magazine.
http://uswarbrides.com/newsarticles/501023.html.
This article talks about how Edgars wife was not allowed to come to
the US because she was part of a Hitler youth organization when she
was 10 years old. Edgar and Elisabeth arrived on the American Overseas
Airline on Sept 5, 1947. Edgar was 27 and Elisabeth 25. They left from
Frankfurt, Germany and went to Hudson, Ohio. Elisabeth and her son
Michael took a trip back to Germany. Elizabeth was 28 and Michael 2
1/2 yrs. They returned home on the SS Washington on Oct. 20, 1950
but were detain on that day to Ellis Island. This source also helped to
get exact information and not just estimates.
Hennessey, John. The Bride and the Beatle. Pennsylvania: Dorrance
Publishing Co. Inc, 2008
This book is about John, an American G.I., and Hilde, a beautiful
German interpreter, meet and fall in love, but face daunting challenges
not only the specter of the anti-fraternization policy that threatens to
keep them apart, but also the separation of miles and months of
waiting hopefully for reunion as they negotiate difficult bureaucratic
and legal hurdles.

"Italian War Bride Francesca Nicolina Tommasina Sorvillo Stewart Made Into America:." Made Into America. Wordpress, 30 Sept. 2013.
Web. 13 Oct. 2015. <http://madeintoamerica.org/italian-war-bridefrancesca-tommasina-niccolino-sorvillo-stewart/>.
This source tells about Francesca meeting her future husband for the
first time and goes on to talk about their wedding and marriage from
then on. She said that he applied for permission to marry her but had
to wait until the war was over. This article also says that they could
not get a wedding dress so her wedding dress was made out of a bed
sheet.
Kaiser, Hilary. WWII Voices: American GIs and the French Women Who
Married Them. Arizona: Summertime Publications Inc, 2011.
These oral histories give voice to both American veterans who chose to
reside in France after World War II and to French women who married
GIs and subsequently immigrated to the United States. They bring to
life the realities of World War II in France, North Africa, England,
Belgium, Holland, Italy and Germany. We meet a secret agent
launching kayaks in cold Algerian waters, an imposing sergeant wading
ashore at Utah Beach, an American medic treating a German soldier in
a Norman church and a commander crawling over to a burning tank to
save one of his boys. And we learn to understand the French war brides
through their childhood and wartime memories, their encounters with
their GI husbands and their marriages, with the attendant joys and
difficulties involved in adapting to life in America in the 1940s.
Licausi, Maria (2015, October 2nd) personal interview with Maria Feo
The person interviewed here was my own grandmother who is an
Italian who left with her new husband to go to a place where she knew
no one in the country of Venezuela. They left for a better life because
after the war in Italy the economy was dead and there was no work for
people. She had just married my grandfather and they left shortly
after, therefore this was a big step in life for her going somewhere with
people who didnt even speak her language, and leaving all her family
behind. This was useful to me and influential because since I am very
close to her I have always heard it growing up and it is a story that is
amazing to tell and terrific in helping me with my project.

Knight, H.M.S. The Secret of Bear Point: A Collection of Short Stories.

New York: DORNC Publishing, 2010.

In this story, the author tells about a marine biologist, Professor Anne
Weston, that goes up to Bear point because that was her and her late
husbands favorite place to be. Included in this is a collection of short
stories by the author. In her stories, Knight addresses many of the
trials of a long and extraordinary life. After adjusting to a newly
liberated yet incredibly chaotic existence in pre and postWorld War II
Germany (based on her own life experience), Knights protagonists
must cope with the aftermath of war, adapt to cultural differences with
Americans, learn important life lessons on both sides of the Atlantic,
and to find love.
Kochan, Pearl. To Johnnie, With Love. Canada: Flanker Press, 2003
This book is about a Canadian War Bride who moved to the United
Sates to marry an American GI she met during WWII. Kochan is telling
about her own experience as a war bride. To Johnnie with love tells the
story of their lifelong love set against the backdrop of the Army Base.
Rosenthal, Jack. Letters From An Airfield: The True Story Of A GI Bride
Of The Mighty Eighth.
Arizona: Summertime Publications, 2010
The story of the brave war bride who sent many letter to her husband
because she as alone for a long amount of time. A lot of times when
they girls got married later their husbands left them and had to be a
part for a long time. This was the case for this war bride but in this
novel it shows the true love that they had and didnt lose.
Rushbrooke, Valentina. Valentina, A Russian War Bride's Story. New
York: Morris Publishing, 2009.
This was helpful in all of my sources because it was a unique story on a
Russian war bride. My hope was to get a perspective on all of the
countries in Europe and this was just another country that was helpful
in my group. Even though it is written by a Russian the story is about a
Japanese bride who marries an American. It was mostly influenced by
the life of her mother and she would tell her about it when she was
young. The same thing kind of happened to her but she wanted to
share her mothers story so she write this enhancing model.

"Patricia Slice: American War Brides Experience." Patricia Slice:

American War Brides Experience. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2015.
<http://uswarbrides.com/bride_stories/pslice.html>.
This book was an inside look on the diary and the stories of Slices
mother who told her about her life with her husband when they went to
New York. In the book it mostly talks about her and her husbands
everyday life after the war and what they would do. It was a different
story than all of the other books because it talked much about the
peoples personal life. It was useful for providing an inside look on
couples everyday lives after the war.

Varns, Nicola It Started With a Kiss. Happy and tragic GermanAmerican love stories after World War II. The Atlantic Times, 2005.
http://www.atlantic-times.com/archive_detail.php?recordID=363.
This book demonstrates the hardships of when American GIs fell in
love with the women from other countries. She explains that they were
told specifically to stay away from them, and that they said terrible
things about American men. Its about a couple who falls madly in love.
Shes a sweet German girl that he meets while he is shortly stationed
there. Because of hardships and other people they had to keep their
love a secret, and also they had to wait six years to marry one another.
It was helpful in the search for this project, because it showed how
men were really told to stay away from foreign women in every single
way.
"War Brides Received Their Citizenship: American War Brides
Experience." War Brides Received Their Citizenship: American War
Brides Experience. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2015.
<http://uswarbrides.com/AmWarBrides/MarionStar.html>.
An amazing story on how these war brides all came to America and
started to apply for their citizenship. At first it was very hard and
difficult for them to fit in because no one wanted to accept them. Even
though they were married to our American women the society was
rough. This is a good enlightening story on how it was for these
women and how they coped with coming here and being treated
different. It was a great help on understanding this more and seeing it
from a lot of different point of views.

Wilson, Betty. uswarbrides.com. War Bride find husband unhurt in

Texas City. Wales Magazine.
http://uswarbrides.com/newsarticles/470427.html.
A very distinct story about a war bride who marries a very different
American GI who is from Texas. It was one thing for them to come back
to the states and live in a city. They were used to this but it was
different when they came back into southern states having a lot of
country things that most werent used to. What made it different is that
in this story she finds he husband completely well in Texas City were
they are reunited. It was a nice and informative inside look on how the
bride coped in such different circumstances, but in the end she did it
for he husband and loved him very much.
Wilt,Brenda. War Brides. American World War II Articles, 2005
http://www.americainwwii.com/articles/war-brides/.
This is an article that talks about a girl names Ellen who married an
American GI. She worked in a postal service and said she saw
American soldiers frequently come in and hit on the girl who worked
there. One day a man came in names Lloyd and he asked her on a
date. At first she was reluctant to go because she felt in a way she
would be betraying her country, but this girl was different. Her family
was open to her about dating an American man and going to America.
Later when they get married they do go to America and she talks about
her life. It was a helpful source because since her family was so willing
on letting her do this and didnt call her a traitor it gives it a different
perspective.
Wolfe, Erika. Paulus World War II Letters From the German Front.
Kentucky: Wasteland Press, 2009.
A story about a young girl whos father was in the German army but
she ends up marrying an American solider. There was a lot of
contradiction in her family about this choice but she believed it was the
right one. It shows her journey through this rough time and also shows
the true hardships that these people go through. Helpful in search for
this project because it gives yet another womans perspective.

Secondary Sources
"Australian War Brides." Plymouth City Council. Plymouth City Council,
n.d. Web.01 Oct. 2015. http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/warbrides

This website was useful because it broke up the war brides voyage
over seas in chronological order. This particular source gave us an
exact date of when the Australian war brides came, which was August
7, 1946. This website also gave us a total number of days they were at
sea. The site told of the struggles the women faced before and after
coming to the U.S.
"British War Brides Faced Own Battles." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles
Times, 20 Oct. 2014. Web. 01 Oct. 2015.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-barrett-war-bridesimmigration-20141021-story.html
This source was great; it gave you a lot of background information
about British war brides. The site told of how the U.S. saw special
relationships as distractions from what they came to Europe to do. It
was useful because it gave us a background of information about the
GIs lives in relation to the war brides lives. This source also gave us
numbers that told us how many brides came from Britain to the U.S. in
1945.
Barrett, Duncan, and Nuala Calvi. GI Brides: The Wartime Girls Who
Crossed the Atlantic for Love. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.
This book was a very informative book. This book told us about how
they left behind everything to follow their hearts. It had stories of four
different women who left behind their family to hopefully start a new
family. The book also told us about how the women were trying to get
out of Britain and the U.S. soldiers were their tickets.
Carlson, Kit. Here Comes the Brides. U.S. War Brides. M. Thomas.
http://uswarbrides.com/newsarticles/51996.html.
This article was a great source because it helped the understanding of
how many GI wives came over to the U.S. It gave specific numbers of
how they came to America and talked about how dreary it was for
them to come over by boat. It was useful because it showed how the
women acted towards this they protested were upset the sea life was
harsh. But they knew when they would get here their life would be fine.
And later they all lived in the suburbs day by day facing hardships.

Frediman, Barbara. From the Battlefront to the Bridal Suite. Columbia:

University of MIssouri Press, 2007.
This was a useful resource because it specifically talked about GIs
going into England. Their affect was a huge impact of all the people in
England and was known as a huge technicolor bomb. Despite the
militaries suggestion of not getting involved with the women and the
people it didnt matter. Many Anglo-American relationships were made
and a huge amount of GIs married British women. The author makes it
very clear that they were the single largest group of brides that got
married to American GIs. Also she gives a very clear perspective on
the view of the women in England, therefore the reader can
understand the influence of war brides in England.
Jenkins Gallagher, Mary Ellen. Americas First War Bride. U.S. War
Brides. M.Thomas. http://uswarbrides.com/newsarticles/index.html.
This article makes it understandable on what the American men and
their wives would do after war. Gallagher who wrote the article married
an American civilian called Charles Jenkins. He was asked to go and
help the construction of military bases in Northern Ireland and
Scotland. About 350 American civilians were contracted to help but it
was still kept very quiet because America was still neutral in the war at
this time. She talks about how this experience was on her and her
husband and the readers get to have on inside look of American
civilian.
Kershaw, Sarah. Bands of Sisters. The New York
Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/nyregion/thecity/06brid.ht
ml?oref=slogin&_r=0.
This is an amazing article on Eileen Guaricci she was a British woman
who married an American solider and the age of sixteen. It was very
rare because she was such a young woman but she fell madly in love.
As she is traveling on the boat to America alone here husband waits for
her in Manhattan at the harbor. As she walks out of the ship she
couldnt believe all of the excitement and asked her husband who
everyone was. She says that even today she loves America with all her
heart, she still loves England, but says they are both equally important.
Today as an old woman she is still here. This was helpful in my search
because it was short and sweet and showed the experience of a very
young English girl marrying an American man and how happy she was
in the end to be an American war bride of WWII.

Leonardi-Lamorte, Maria and Lamorte Anna Marie, Maria. The Life

Story of a WWII Italian Bride.
London: iUniverse, 2007.
This book is amazing view of an Italian girl whose home and country
was being taken over by the strong German empire. Being completely
powerless she had to become strong very quick and she became
strong day by day. As her native hometown was being destroyed she
met an American soldier who she feel in love with. Later as she marries
him she goes to America alone without her husband. The book helps
you realize how many women went to America without their husband
and how hard it was for them because they couldnt even speak the
language.

Leslie, Lucas. Dear Betty...Letter to a War Bride. New York: Privately

Printed, U.S.A, 1996

This is a book of short stories, which are at one time very definitely
written just after the war, yet also surprisingly modern. Perhaps it is
just that we are used to seeing this era depicted in films of the time,
which of course were much more subject to censorship. This book talks
about the experiences of war brides by the war bride themselves.
Potts, Annette and Strauss, Lucinda. For the Love of a Soldier. Sydney:
Berry Books, 1987.
This book was specifically written by Australian war brides that married
American GIs. It gives a good perspective on the Australian women
because most people think they only married European women. No one
realizes that Americans were stationed everywhere not just Europe. It
also talks about a lot of different girls and their stories, which makes it
helpful and interesting for the reader to understand. Also it is going to
help with my project because I will be able to see this not very much
talked about subject and women.
Rossow, Denise J. "French War Bride." Tribunedigital-chicagotribune.
Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 1999. Web. 12 Oct. 2015.
<http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1999-1216/news/9912160118_1_casablanca-brides-family-life>.

This site tells one womens story about being a war bride. The author
Rossow tells the story in a very understandable way. Rossow tells of
how her husband asked her to marry her and how Americans
fascinated her. She also talks about her life after traveling to America.
Shukter, B. Elfreda and Scibetta, S. Barbara. War Brides of WWII. New
York: Penguin Book, 1989.
This book emphasizes the specific hardships and marriages of 2000
American soldier GIs. The women were from everywhere and it shows
the hardships they faced waiting and also their marriage. It shows how
long the women had to wait to be sent to America and how long they
had to wait for their husbands. Even though it is similar to the other
books it always helps to have all kinds of different stories to help
understand.
Varns, Nicola. "It started with a kiss" The Atlantic Times :: Archive.
Allied Museum, 19 Mar. 2006. Web. 01 Oct. 2015.
This source told us that about 20,000 German war brides had
immigrated to the United States. It told about how Major Frank Eyre
didnt know how hard it would be to marry someone who he met on the
other side of the world. In the article it says that there were slogans
such as, Dont make Friends and Be Suspicious, that the GIs heard
on the radio.

Winfield, Pamela. Sentimental Journey (the story of the GI brides).

London: Constable, 2000.
This book was written by World War II brides themselves not just
writers who tried to understand the hardship of the women by their
stories. It gives you that inside look of Winfield herself and what she
experienced. Mostly it was emphasized on English women and their
stories. Each women that shares her story says how they were all truly
scared of going into the great unknown. Most people didnt realize how
many women came and also how hard it would be to come to a new
world with all kinds of cultures and people they didnt know about.
Zeiger, Susan. Entangling Alliances: Foreign War Brides and American
Soldiers in the Twentieth Century. New York: NYU Press, 2010.

This book shows the emphasis on how the American government

wasnt very thrilled on how soldier were marrying women and bringing
them back home to the U.S. People looked at it as the enemy was
coming into their country and they didnt want them, therefore the
book has entangling alliances in its name. The authors tries to project
and show the readers the true difficulty and the frustration of American
immigration. It is one of the few book that get very detailed about this
subject, therefore it makes it is a useful and interesting book for the
reader to better help them understand.