Most Italian aliens who served in WWII were naturalized by an act of Congress. If gramps was in the Army, Happy Birthday Mr President Ho-Tep.
plummz,
it would be very important right now for you to tell us what act of congress made aliens citizens in wwll and what year.
that act applies to this next election....
Hold off the inauguration ball planning. Two of my grandfather's brothers served--one getting killed in Normandy a week after D-Day, the other one serving in the Pacific where he was badly hurt during a Japanese air raid when someone jumped into the hole where he was taking shelter, landing on him boots-first and causing massive internal injuries. (And then the system lost track of him, reported him to the family as M.I.A, and only informed them that he was still alive when he turned up at a hospital in Oklahoma).
But when my grandfather reported for his physical, the draft board pulled out a letter from his employer saying he was engaged in necessary war work. That, combined with the two kids he already had, got him a draft classification of III-B ("Men with dependents, engaged in work essential to national defense")
Now I'm wondering if someone's going to say I'm not a citizen at all.