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Help Happy G I Wives Bored by German Life
Betty O Regan, wife of an AP correspondent, describes American wives in the U S zone of Germany. She notes abundant American amenities yet widespread boredom from servant dominance, lack of home culture, and limited German social access, with bridge clubs, quartermaster frustrations, and couples social circles shaping postwar life. Unmarried GIs fare better through German contact and local affairs.
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Betty O’regan
Red Cross
Associated Press
Germany
U. S
Frankfurt
Bridge
Army Quartermaster Corps
Berlin
Munich
G.i.’S