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My grandfather's military base was located in Seoul, Korea where he met my grandmother. When he returned to America my grandmother immigrated there to be with him. My dad was born in Seoul, Korea. I wanted to know more about korean military brides and how their lives were being immigrants in America.

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During and after the Korean War between 1950 and 1953, 6,423 korean women married US soldiers as war brides.
Korean women in transition: at home and abroad by Eui-Young Yu and Earl H. Phillips

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Sgt. Johnie Morgan arrives in Seattle with his wife, "Blue," 1951.

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https://time.com/3576662/americas-first-korean-war-bride-comes-home/

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3. Why Korean Women Became Military Wives 

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3. Why Korean Women Became Military Wives 

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In South Korea US military personnel often formed relationships with the women there. This sometimes led to these men bringing them back to America with them to marry. Korean women married military men to have a better life in America and/or to escape the conditions of their homes. Post Korean War, South Korea was suffering with major issues like poverty, violence, and sex slavery.

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Soldier posing with two women at a Korean brothel

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Some korean women married US military men to escape prostitution. Prostitutes resided in camp towns built near military bases. Since they could not go back to their societies they married military men and came to America.

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Sgt. Johnie Morgan in Seattle with his wife, "Blue," 1951.

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https://time.com/3576662/americas-first-korean-war-bride-comes-home/

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https://www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/ccasey2.htm

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Korean military wives experienced cultural shock once settling in America. They often depended on their husbands since they were in a country they were unfamiliar with and knew no one but their husbands. They felt lonely and uncomfortable in their new environment. Their language barrier affected their lives in America and also their marriages. They had to give up their original korean traditions to assimilate to American life and some husbands discouraged their wives from practicing their original customs.

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6. Discrimination Against Korean Military Brides 

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6. Discrimination Against Korean Military Brides 

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Along with cultural shock, these women also faced discrimination from Americans and even their own families back home. In America they faced racism and felt like they had to assimilate to American life to avoid being discriminated against. Darker Korean women specifically faced more discrimination. Sometimes even their families held discrimination against them. In Korea military brides were looked down upon and seen as traitors and whores.

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https://www.thing.net/~kurotaka/Hume/babysan/