[End Times Sentinel]

Bookmark.

[caver]

Wow, what a story!

[Sherman Logan]

Since the US was not yet at war with Germany when the men volunteered, the American government stripped Wolfe and others of their citizenship.

I'm not sure this is accurate.

Does anybody know if the government has the power to do this or if it was done to US volunteers fighting for the Brits before we entered the war? I've never heard of such a thing.

[Portcall24]

There were a very small group of Amrican's that went to Canada and then on the England and flew with the British Fighter Command before the Eagle Squadron was formed. These individuals have been covered on the History Channel but there's also a great book I read last year called, The Few: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain by Alex Kershaw. These true patriots understood the importance of liberty and defied this Country's leadership during this period of danger.

[wagglebee]

Great article!

[SJSAMPLE]

They made a movie about this, a few years back.
They documented the officer’s escape with a few liberties.

Airmen were allowed to visit the local town if they signed out of the “prison”. By word of honor (and treaty?) the agreed to return if they signed out.

In the movie, the officer signs out and leaves the gates to catch a cab. Then, somebody in the camp yells to him that he’s left his jacket, so he runs back in, signs back in, and gets his jacket. Then he walks back out and the Irish guards don’t catch it.

Technically, he’s under no honorable obligation to return because he didn’t sign out. He’s legally “escaped”. In the movie, he returns to London and the Brit government agrees to return him to the camp.

When I saw the movie, I thought it was just Hollywood BS, but was very surprised when I did some research.