My grandfather was really in a pickle. His parents were German immigrants and he didn’t start speaking English until he started school. He always had a slight accent. He entered Annapolis in 1907. He was in the first class of naval aviators at Pensacola. When the war broke out in Europe he watched like a hawk. He retired after WW II as a captain. He always felt that being German put him behind in rank.
Hmmmm interesting. Yes my grandmother and her sibs spoke German until they went to school. Then the kids said, “Mom, we are Americans. We speak English.’ Mom never spoke great English. I remember my grandmother was embarrassed about being German, and yet would say, “That cannot be true. The Germans never would do that’ re WW2.