Canadians and Americans: Serving In Each Other’s Military from The Civil War to The Present Colonel J. Paul de B. Taillon, OMM, CD, PhD, FRCGS, FSS (Ret) 2019 NASPD Conference, Montreal
Canada U.S. Reciprocal Induction Agreement Ability for Canadians and Americans to serve in each other’s military.
British Shimonoseki Expedition, 1863-1864
Ordinary Seaman William H. H. Seeley, RN
Victoria Cross, WWI
Captain Bellenden Seymour Hutcheson, VC Canadian Medical Corps
American Civil War: British North Americans enlist in the U.S.
Lt. Calixa Lavallee, Union Army
Lt. Edward P. Doherty, Union Army
Dr. Anderson R. Abbott, Union Army
Monument: South Stormont, Ontario
WWI: Americans enlist in Canada
Lance Corporal William H. Metcalf, VC, MM, Bar
Sgt. George H. Mullin
Sgt. Raphael L. Zengel, VC, MM
WWII: Americans enlist in Canada
Colonel George S. Patton (& A. McNaughton)
But … Canada has a King
Wing Commander Joe McCarthy, DSO, DFC, Bar
Pilot Officer John G. Magee
U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor
Captain George H. Morgan
Sgt. Peter C. Lemmon
Canadian Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Windsor, Ontario
Canadian Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Melocheville, Quebec
Canadians in Vietnam … to name a few Thomas E. Fraser Randolph Hatton Robert W. Holditch Bruce T. Kennedy Jonathan P. Kmetyk Rob McSorley John J. Roden Larry Semeniuk Murray D. Vidler
Afghanistan
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