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"The Little Things." Why are British girls so willing to marry Americans? Because the girls admire "the little things" about American airmen, e.g., "he respects a woman more than what the English boys do" and "he's always telling my mother he loves her daughter," and "he's never more pleased than when he's doing something about the house." American airmen reply: "Over here the girls take more pride in what they do," and "I've always wanted a girl who was feminine—something very delicate."
Fewer than one in ten of the couples causes the chaplains any form of concern, a figure solow that the Air Force takes great pride in it. The airmen seem more mature and sensible nowadays, say the chaplains, and there are none of World War II's fine but often tragic marriages on the eve of battle. Nobody can prove it, but the chaplains believe that Air Force-British marriages work out better, generally, than service marriages in the U.S. "Today a man is careful who he takes home," said one chaplain, "and with the economic improvement in Britain a girl doesn't need a meal ticket. These girls are just plain good homemakers."