Originally Posted by Blacksheep
Ah! So there weren't any actual Americans in the BoB at all then... Just a couple of Canucks and a few stateless asylum seekers...
After the Spanish Civil War a number of young Americans were not allowed back in their homeland and their passports were confiscated. Britain gave them passports and quite a few fought the 2nd World War from September 3rd 1939 onwards in the RAF or Army. The US Government regarded anyone not on the Fascist side in Spain as therefore being Communist! Hence the re-entry refusal. Robert Gordon Edwards was one such 'victim' and had a remarkable life during the Spanish Civil War, WW2 [Army Commando/Para]and as a Film Producer afterwards. Proud to have known and worked with him.
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