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Article claims "... the almost half a million European women who had married American GIs.", citation: Page 3, Gault, Owen (September 2005). Operation Magic Carpet. Chatsworth: Challenge Publications. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
500,000 war brides seems an incredibly high number, and the linked "War Brides" article claims 60,000 - 70,000 women _and_ children, albeit without citation. Anyone with more knowledge than me care to take a look? Liamwillco ( talk) 03:51, 18 September 2012 (UTC)Liamwillco (talk) 3:40, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
I did a quick search on Wikipedia and could not find anything regarding the service point system which determined how quickly a service member could be sent back Stateside. Should this be included in this article, or created as a new article?
There is one instance with Filipino American soldiers with the 1st Filipino Infantry where some soldiers were not allowed to return to the States due to lacking said service points.
Any thoughts? -- RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 04:57, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
He was awarded a Purple Heart, which should have given him enough service points for a discharge. But a paperwork snafu meant he had to stay another six months in Germany, where he served as a military police officer in Regensburg after the Nazis surrendered.
After the war those Scouts with enough service points went home, while others returned to their parent units or accompanied Sixth Army to Kyoto, Japan, and joined the 6th Ranger Battalion for rations and quarters.
When World War II came to a close in 1945, Mr. Philips had garnered more than enough service points to return home and "was on the first ship to come back to the States."
Those who had eighty-five or more service points and wished to separate from the service were sent home
Having long since accumulated enough service points to be discharged and go home, Woods told the Army he wanted to stay on and maybe have a go at hanging Hermann Goring
After earning enough service points to depart Korea during her 7-month combat tour, Hays transferred to Tokyo Army Hospital and spent a year there as a management nurse in the comptroller's office.
Why was the battleship USS Washington used for only one Magic Carpet run after it had been adapted for the task? Radio Sharon ( talk) 00:00, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
The article has been tagged for mostly using references to a single source. That is unfortunate but true, I see. There are some online, NPOV and RS sources available that I am going to incorporate. If I can manage to source the existing content or additional content to two or three other sources, I will remove the tag.
I also found a great, unrestricted use (i.e. public domain) photograph from the U.S. government which I will try to include in the article.-- FeralOink ( talk) 11:56, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
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Article claims "... the almost half a million European women who had married American GIs.", citation: Page 3, Gault, Owen (September 2005). Operation Magic Carpet. Chatsworth: Challenge Publications. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
500,000 war brides seems an incredibly high number, and the linked "War Brides" article claims 60,000 - 70,000 women _and_ children, albeit without citation. Anyone with more knowledge than me care to take a look? Liamwillco ( talk) 03:51, 18 September 2012 (UTC)Liamwillco (talk) 3:40, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
I did a quick search on Wikipedia and could not find anything regarding the service point system which determined how quickly a service member could be sent back Stateside. Should this be included in this article, or created as a new article?
There is one instance with Filipino American soldiers with the 1st Filipino Infantry where some soldiers were not allowed to return to the States due to lacking said service points.
Any thoughts? -- RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 04:57, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
He was awarded a Purple Heart, which should have given him enough service points for a discharge. But a paperwork snafu meant he had to stay another six months in Germany, where he served as a military police officer in Regensburg after the Nazis surrendered.
After the war those Scouts with enough service points went home, while others returned to their parent units or accompanied Sixth Army to Kyoto, Japan, and joined the 6th Ranger Battalion for rations and quarters.
When World War II came to a close in 1945, Mr. Philips had garnered more than enough service points to return home and "was on the first ship to come back to the States."
Those who had eighty-five or more service points and wished to separate from the service were sent home
Having long since accumulated enough service points to be discharged and go home, Woods told the Army he wanted to stay on and maybe have a go at hanging Hermann Goring
After earning enough service points to depart Korea during her 7-month combat tour, Hays transferred to Tokyo Army Hospital and spent a year there as a management nurse in the comptroller's office.
Why was the battleship USS Washington used for only one Magic Carpet run after it had been adapted for the task? Radio Sharon ( talk) 00:00, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
The article has been tagged for mostly using references to a single source. That is unfortunate but true, I see. There are some online, NPOV and RS sources available that I am going to incorporate. If I can manage to source the existing content or additional content to two or three other sources, I will remove the tag.
I also found a great, unrestricted use (i.e. public domain) photograph from the U.S. government which I will try to include in the article.-- FeralOink ( talk) 11:56, 3 November 2023 (UTC)