European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 28, 1986 the stars and stripes \ o Page 3 v i go brides and some of their husbands gather around military veh Jrsn for a trip Down memory Lane duri r reunion in Siul Humplik. 250 War brides reunite on English soil Byj.  . Bureau Southampton. England the Firof month of 1942 marked the Start of the first  Hud experienced since 1066. By the end Opp world War ii nearly 2 million american gis had owed through. Many of the americans made adj enormous hit with British women whose prior impressions of America had come Only from their to Maurovic screens. The gis who made Foj times what their British counterparts made pm his cd nylons free drink Sand Good times to a coif action of women mostly still in their teens who Hajj read food and clothing ration ing bombs and Bla spouts but Little frivolity during the depressing Austeri of wartime. A Day arrive the yanks vanished. Their 60,000 go brides a with babies were left behind to wait and worry about when if Ever they would b. Sent for. At the Joof 1945, Congress passed a Law to expedite their adj fusion to the United states and in 1946, the Bride Send their children began moving across the Atlan tic Jar troop ships and converted luxury liners. The go oboes were to constitute the largest influx of immigrants to the uni lol Stales since ii urn of the Century. This weekend some 25 of those go brides who sailed from Britain in 1946 for a new life in America have returned to Southampton the port they departed from for a sentimental reunion. In the City s Guildhall an air raid shelter canteen has been re created As a rendezvous Point for the brides some with their husbands in Tow. Thursday s welcoming party was helped along with gifts of nylons and a meal of spam and chips French Fries to the yanks. Helen Bolt 66, one of the go brides attending the reunion said in a Telephone interview Friday afternoon that she still misses the Lovely Green Hills of my native Scotland but that she has no desire to return to live in Britain. "1 like living where i live now in Warren mich., and i have a Good life there. I have my own car and that something i probably would never have if i had t left she said. Bolt is typical of the go brides in Southampton in hat she is attending the reunion without her husband. Only about a third arc accompanied by their husbands. I left Gerald at Home where he works As a a i Rue to Man for the Chrysler corp., but i m Here with of ctr who is also a go Bride although she married Ca holc Elfei Gerald at an ice rink in her native Paisley in 1944.  in the . Army it was Awn leaving Britain for the first Lime. It was t until i gook the ship to sail for the Stales in 1946 that i was sir Bellhy the thought that i was leaving everything my far okd friends behind. I did t come Back Loi Muin for 19 years after that and when 1 came Back then twin t want to leave to Goback to the states. Since  Back and Forth Many times and it gets easier and Ahr. But i still miss my scottish friends. They know Hoof Tkavc a Good time Over Here. At Home i rarely go  a sad note struck the reunion thursday Nnaji he said. It so sad but thursday night while we