95 year old WWII vet gets a shock

[Freiwillige]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110324/us_yblog_thelookout/wwii-vet-discovers-hes-not-a-u-s-citizen

After living in the U.S. for almost a century he discovers he's not a citizen!

[Sailor Steve]

What an odd thing. I agree with the poster there who said that serving in the US military in a war zone should automatically make you a citizen. It worked for the ancient Romans. :sunny:

[AVGWarhawk]

It worked for Oba....nevermind :har:


ok, I'll be leaving now....

[Slyguy3129]

Put that fine gentlemen in the express lane!

Must have been one of those fall through the crack cases but nonetheless I agree, you serve in a warzone in our uniform in my book that makes you one of US.

[MaddogK]

Born to two U.S. citizens, in BC ?

He's more qualified to be prez than...
McCain will fix it, he was born under the same circumstances- panama I believe.

[TLAM Strike]

McCain will fix it, he was born under the same circumstances- panama I believe.
But wasn't it in the Panama Canal Zone? Which was US soil at the time.

[AVGWarhawk]

But wasn't it in the Panama Canal Zone? Which was US soil at the time.


Yes.

[UnderseaLcpl]

I'm curious as to whether he was drawing any benefits or was registered with Social Security. It's not surprising that the military let him in. That's just the military. Full accountability via no accountability. I'm just wondering if he was registered anywhere else and the bureaucracy failed to pick up on it for almost six decades.

That said, I'm sure they'll grant him citizenship. Doing anything else would be political suicide.