Passport Not Required: U.S. Volunteers in the Royal Navy, 1939-1941 - Hardcover

Dietrich-Berryman, Eric; Hammond, Charlotte; White, R. E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1591142245 ISBN 13: 9781591142249

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 2010

Synopsis

Before America entered World War II, 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Eric Dietrich-Berryman, a native of Germany, is a thirty-year veteran of the U.S. Naval Reserve. He lives in Cape Henry, VA.

Charlotte Hammond, a resident of Worthing, England, is a solicitor with a British law firm.

Ronald E. White served in the Royal Navy in World War II. He died in 2009.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1591142245
• ISBN 13: 9781591142249
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 192