Greg forwarded:

> They married when the war ended, and Vera soon found herself crossing the
> Atlantic aboard the Queen Mary, the famed luxury liner winding down her
> war service as part of an amazing armada carrying some 70,000 young
> British war brides and their babies.

Was anybody else reminded of Pink Floyd's "Vera" when they read this? It's
a very short song, but in the context of this article it seems to tell the
viewpoint of a British soldier who might have loved her, only to have her
abandon her entire country while he was away fighting the war.

Bob