ne of the first policies established by the U.S. Third Army when it began the occupation of the German Rhineland in December 1918 was the “Anti-Fraternization” rule. For American soldiers, this rule made it a crime to speak to any German, male or female, except on official business. Unfortunately for the rule-enforcers, the vast majority of the 250,000 soldiers and Marines in the Third Army were billeted in private German homes. Of course, the young
