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steeljack, I think there was a time probably during the 60s as you mention when the term "ugly american" came into use , think this was a leftover from WW2 , the older folks who came back over to Europe were probably making return trips and still had the wartime mindset of America being responsible for the liberation of Europe ( sorry folks , but without Eisenhower and his troops D Day would never have happened) much the same way the WW2 generation in Britain thought of 'Eyties' and 'Japs'
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Got to aggree with you there steeljack, you can include WW1 in that for me to, as we would not have won either war without them. Grandma Godfrey from Doncaster used to say "overfed ,oversexed and overhere", she had a cafe in Frenchgate in Doncaster during the war and the American Airmen used to be regulars, she loved them though, and many corresponded with her after the war.