The Greatest Generation Falls in Love

Legacy’s database is full of stories of couples who fell in love during World War II service.

Legacy’s database of more than 10 million newspaper obituaries is overflowing with personal stories from World War II. With a quick keyword search, you can find thousands of stories covering just about every topic related to the war: participating in D-day, flying with the Tuskegee Airmen, living on rations, surviving the holocaust, tending victory gardens, living in Japanese internment camps, working as a Rosie the Riveter, and more.

One topic in particular always makes me smile — stories of couples who fell in love during World War II service. Here are a handful of the thousands of World War II love stories that can be found on Legacy.

Originally published May 2012

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