Hilary Kaiser is an oral historian and an associate professor emerita of intercultural communication at the University of Paris. She is the author of French War Brides: Mademoiselle & The American Soldier, WWII Voices: American GI’s and the French Women Who Married Them and Souvenirs de Vétérans. A dual American-French national, she currently divides her time between Paris, France and Berkeley, California.