My dad was a career Army officer. Both of my parents were US citizens. I was born in Okinawa and my sister was born in Germany, both of us in the Army hospitals. This was back in the 50s. In about 1963 my sister and I went through a naturalization ceremony held at Ft Ord, CA. where dad was stationed. We were 2 of 9 children of Army personnel to receive citizenship certificates that day. I remember my dad jokingly telling me I probably couldn’t run for president. He said it wasn’t clear if we needed to do this or not but to avoid any possible problems in the future, the Army suggested it. This is just anecdotal but I find it interesting that the Army arranged for dependents of active duty military to go through this process. I still have the newspaper clipping with our pictures.
Unbelievable. All he had to do was go to a US consulate and register your birth. I really do have a hard time believing they made you go thru a naturalization process. It was totally unnecessary under the law then and now. The Army gave you bad advice.
Perhaps the military wasn’t up to knowledge about citizenship requirements(sarcasm). By the way my brother was killed on Okinawa in WWII. I visited Okinawa in 1945 to honor all those that died in that battle but especially the infantry soldiers. I almost got lost in that huge market in Naha.
Correction Perhaps the military wasn’t up to knowledge about citizenship requirements(sarcasm). By the way my brother was killed on Okinawa in WWII. I visited Okinawa in _1995__ to honor all those that died in that battle but especially the infantry soldiers. I almost got lost in that huge market in Naha.