Re: non-Americans serving in our Armed Forces

From: l51940@aol.com
Date: Tue Jan 24 2006 - 07:12:37 PST


Did this crap happen to the Flying Tigers?

Dave Mc
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From: Ryan Gill <
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To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:17:44 -0500
Subject: Re: [MV] non-Americans serving in our Armed Forces

At 8:43 AM -0500 1/24/06, Jeff Hain-Matson wrote: 

>Meanwhile, at the start of WWII (1939) my wifes >father left Detriot,
went to Toronto to enlist. >The Canadian Airborne recruiter was closed
so he >went up the street to the 48th Highlanders. Said >they had a
nice looking uniform!!! He did >Sicily, the bloody boot (Italy),
Holland, and >Germany. He came home to the US and was >inelligable for
the GI bill, did draw a pitance >of a payment from Canada, and was
inelligiable >for all US veterans clubs etc., becase on the >southern
side of the Canadian border he, like >you was a "mercenarie, because he
fought under a >foreign flag". Imagine that!!!!! 
 
Why do Vets do this to other Vets? I don't get this... 
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