"When Johnny Came Marching Home...He Brought Jill", so read one headline announcing a reunion in April 1985 of hundreds of World War II war brides. Falling in love with a soldier may be an age-old theme, but the stories of these men and women are now part of the American heritage. An estimated one million women from the war-torn or occupied countries became brides of GIs. Amazingly enough, this large component of our population has never been investigated in any detail."--Book Jacket.