Matt wrote on 28 jun 2013 in soc.genealogy.britain: I wrote: >> > Did the American army conscript foreign citizens? >> >> > On Friday, 28 June 2013 10:58:24 UTC+1, Evertjan. wrote: >> Yes, in/from? 1942, however the foreign citizenship was not the point, >> their US-residency and not having the US citizenship are, methinks. [..] > I'd have thought being a foreign citizen was the entire point! No, US law is not interested in what residents and others have for foreign nationalities [perhaps] in addition to the us-citizenship. US-law has this in common with many if not most other laws. Perhaps you wrongly read "foreign citizen" as "not-us"?? -- Evertjan. The Netherlands. (Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)