Family arrivals pushed the military to build self-contained Little Americas

Evidence

At first, the arrival of soldiers’ family members in Germany actually inflamed tensions with locals because the presence of the newcomers meant the requisitioning of more German land. Attempts to ease the effects of the occupation on Germans—and to exert more control over soldiers—led the military to segregate GIs and their families on bases further removed from German society. As the military realized that the bases badly lacked medical facilities, schools, shopping, and other facilities for families, a massive building campaign followed in Germany and, soon, around the world. The aim was to create replicas of American towns so GIs and their families would feel at home overseas. Housing, shopping centers, recreational services, and hospitals sprang up on bases worldwide. The military established a Family Services Program and created an entire overseas school system. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 124

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• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 124
• XREF: connects to: Families on overseas bases signaled U.S. commitment and improved host-country relations — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 127