Over there and back in three uniforms, being the experiences of an American boy in the Canadian, British and American armies at the front and through No man's land
Dated 1918
<< Lieutenant Joseph P.Smith is an American, born in Philadelphia. He enlisted in the 29th Vancouver Battalion in Canada in 1914 and went to France with the Second Canadian Division to be sent overseas. He served with the Canadians until August 1916, when he received a commission in the British army and was attached to the Royal Scots. He was at the front with this regiment until August 1917, when he resigned his commission to come home and put on the uniform of his own country.>>
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Over there and back in three uniforms, being the experiences of an American boy in the Canadian, British and American armies at the front and through No man's land
Dated 1918
<< Lieutenant Joseph P.Smith is an American, born in Philadelphia. He enlisted in the 29th Vancouver Battalion in Canada in 1914 and went to France with the Second Canadian Division to be sent overseas. He served with the Canadians until August 1916, when he received a commission in the British army and was attached to the Royal Scots. He was at the front with this regiment until August 1917, when he resigned his commission to come home and put on the uniform of his own country.>>
From the American Libraries Internet Archive files.
Joe
http://www.archive.org/details/overthereback00smit
Dated 1918
<< Lieutenant Joseph P.Smith is an American, born in Philadelphia. He enlisted in the 29th Vancouver Battalion in Canada in 1914 and went to France with the Second Canadian Division to be sent overseas. He served with the Canadians until August 1916, when he received a commission in the British army and was attached to the Royal Scots. He was at the front with this regiment until August 1917, when he resigned his commission to come home and put on the uniform of his own country.>>
From the American Libraries Internet Archive files.
Joe
http://www.archive.org/details/overthereback00smit
Is this kind of movement common, or are we talking a rarity?
Hello habspei, I'm guessing rarity. There are known cases of US citizens serving in the CEF and, in 1917 when the US entered war switched to the american army. The same happened in the 2nd WW in the RCAF and members of the three Eagle Sqn. in the RAF (71,121,133)
Joe
Joe
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