A GI Bride wedding at a Presbyterian church took place in secret between Private First Class Herbert Cooke and Miss Thelma Smith of Belfast, Co. Antrim.
Boxing was popular in Northern Ireland before the outbreak of World War Two. Fighters like Rinty Monaghan became household names and troops went toe-to-toe.
Civilians stabbed in fight with American GIs in Donegall Street, Belfast
On 20th March 1943, three Belfast men received stab wounds in Donegall Street in the city after becoming involved in a fight with some American soldiers.
Relations and racial tensions in wartime Northern Ireland
On 21st February 1942, B Battery, 151st Field Artillery Battalion, 34th Infantry Division fired the first American shells in Europe during the Second World War.
The killing of Minnie Martin at Ballywillwill House, Annsborough, Co. Down
On 4th December 1942, a black American serving in the U.S. Merchant Marine appeared in court in Belfast where he raised the issue of racism in the U.S. Army.
US Army Gospel songs at Armagh Road Presbyterian Church, Portadown, Co. Armagh
At the invite of Reverend Wynne, members of the US Army visited Armagh Road Presbyterian Church on 2nd April 1944 for an evening of hymns and spirituals.
