[muawiyah]

Tens of thousands of Americans joined the Canadian army to fight in WWII before the US entered the war.

I don't believe they were punished ~

[decimon]

Tens of thousands of Americans joined the Canadian army to fight in WWII before the US entered the war.

I don't believe they were punished ~

Good point.

[decimon]

And another thing... -)

Tens of thousands of Americans joined the Canadian army to fight in WWII before the US entered the war.

I don't believe they were punished ~

I've read about how the US government handled that but I don't recall the story. After Pearl Harbor, FDR did pretty much as he pleased so I guess the problem just went away. IIRC, the soldiers returned to the US to join our military.

[JLS]

I would guess a key difference is that these soldier according to this article deserted the Irish military. Militaries tend to frown upon people leaving on their own schedule.

[JLS]

I would guess a key difference is that these soldier according to this article deserted the Irish military. Militaries tend to frown upon people leaving on their own schedule.

[calex59]

Tens of thousands of Americans joined the Canadian army to fight in WWII before the US entered the war. I don't believe they were punished

Not only that several hundred Americans joined the flying Tigers(Chinese air force)with the covert permission of the US government.

[Barnacle]

Tens of thousands of Americans joined the Canadian army to fight in WWII before the US entered the war. I don't believe they were punished ~

I just read a book titled, "The Few". It is about the Americans who joined the RAF before we got in. They were, and would have reamined in trouble with the US government had we not entered the was. But, as it turned out, most of these guys were eventually killed in action.