Passport Not Required by R E White

Passport Not Required by R E White

Before America entered World War I, twenty-two U.S. citizens went to England and volunteered with the Royal Navy. Commissioned between September 1939 and November 1941, they fought in the Battle of the Atlantic and on a variety of fronts. While the history of Americans serving in the Royal Air Force is well known, the story of these naval volunteers has not been previously told. Most trained at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, but since foreign military service was against U.S. law, their names were never made public. Now, after years of research, their identities and the details of their contributions can be made known.

This delightful, well-researched book tells the story of twenty-two American citizens who volunteered to serve in the Royal Navy between 1939 and 1941 when America was neutral and the British Empire fought alone for the cause of freedomThe Naval Institute Press is to be congratulated for recognizing the importance of the subject matter and publishing it. This book. . . .serves as a fitting tribute to the memory of a group of brave men who `bent’ their country’s rules to join up and fight. It is a fascinating story, well told that will, I hope, appeal to a wide readership in both the USA and the Commonwealth; I thoroughly recommend it. * Journal of the Australian Naval Institute *

Ronald E. White served in the Royal Navy in World War II. He died in 2009. Charlotte Hammond, a resident of Worthing, England, is a solicitor with a British law firm. Eric Dietrich-Berryman, a native of Germany, is a thirty-year veteran of the U.S. Naval Reserve. He lives in Cape Henry, VA.

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ISBN 13	9781591142249
ISBN 10	1591142245
Title	Passport Not Required
Author	R E White
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Naval Institute Press
Year published	2010-10-15
Number of pages	192
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