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The untold story of 22 U.S. citizens who came to fight for England by volunteering for the Royal Navy before America entered the war. They were commissioned between September 10, 1939 and November 10, 1941. Most of the men were sent for training to the Royal Naval College, Greenwich thus initiating what was to become the famous "over here" phenomenon as the two different cultures learnt to adapt to each other's ways. The faculty recognized the arrival of the first three men with a commemorative plaque placed in the floor of the Painted Hall on June 15, 1941. Mindful of the possible legal…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2021Naval Institute Press · 9781682476710
- Other · English · 2010Naval Institute Press · 9781591142249
Great Britain. Royal NavyGreat BritainAmericansWorld War, 1939-1945SailorsBritish Naval operationsBiographyHistory