If you are an immigrated Chinese..

bd popeye

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My grandfather was a WWII US Army veteran and I found a letter written to my grandmother from President Richard Nixon sending his condolences after he died. I have no idea if they do that for everyone

Yes the Pres. of the US acknowledges all battle deaths by mail.
 

AssassinsMace

Lieutenant General
Well I imagine that does happen if you die during duty but he didn't die at war. He was out of the military for something like twenty years already.
 

bd popeye

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Well I imagine that does happen if you die during duty but he didn't die at war. He was out of the military for something like twenty years already.

I misunderstood.What you posted does make a difference. I've honestly never heard of what you described take place for a long retired/discharged member.
 

sumdud

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There would be alot of different reaction, much depending on what the cause of the war is, and which generation of immigrant, 1 or nd generation might still harboring some feelings for the ancestral homeland, but 3rd generation and onwards wouldnt. When you were born and raised in a foriegn country, dont even speak chinese, you are no longer a “Chinese”, you are a american, european, or whatever.
What you said is very true. ABCs in general aren't Chinese and couldn't live a week alone in China. It really depends on the family, of course, but in general, things are gone by the 2G ABC, current trends showing more A and less C. The kids in the Interior are doomed from start. I know 1G ABCs who serves in the army here. I also know ABCs who tend to be pro-China, but they are rather misinformed....

As for my Dad, he is fervently patriotic these days. I guess you can blame the unpopular policies from the US these last couple of years.

For me, I will have an opinion, but no way will I even want to go near joining the fight. I don't even want to go near that mess. My Mandarin is crap but I am no banana.
And if I get drafted to go to China/East Asia, as no way I am joining the mess, I'd rather try and go to Cal-town or maybe Vancouver. Dual Citizenship is one of my goals. If get captured, I am just going to stay behind, maybe get a chance to visit my grandpa when the war is over.... not that I don't go back once in awhile.

I think the Japanese men in World War 2 served in the 142nd Regiment in Italy, and 1 other unit, forgot which. But in general, they did not serve the Pacific Theater.
 

Shifty

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Dual Citizenship is one of my goals.
Are you saying you want American/Canadian citizenship? I'm assuming you have the American one already. You want to be careful who you are obtaining it from and the reasons for it, especially if you work on sensitive material in that country. I'm talking about ITAR. Even if you don't do this type of stuff, you are still a citizen of another country, i.e security liability. BUT Then again, i'm just blowing all of this out of proportion :eek:ff
 

bladerunner

Banned Idiot
And if I get drafted to go to China/East Asia, as no way I am joining the mess, I'd rather try and go to Cal-town or maybe Vancouver. Dual Citizenship is one of my goals. If get captured, I am just going to stay behind, maybe get a chance to visit my grandpa when the war is over.... not that I don't go back once in awhile.

IMO the conflict would have to be in Vietnam size proportions before conscription was introduced. A quick google showed in round figures, 5million Army and Marine personnel having served in Nam while the ist gulf war only had a million enlisted men.
I had a cousin in Hawaii at the time of the Nam conflict, not fancying being conscripted and walking everywhere as a grunt, and being interested in electronics he enlisted in the airforce. I think he served his time in a maritime observation type squadron.

My father and I and other family were living in Hawaii at the time, gone back for a extended family reunion, and because my father was born in Hawaii and thus an American, he was getting us kids American papers and all that sorta stuff. So I now have American residency rights, Australian residency and citizenship rights, because of both countries geo/political arrangment, and then my place of birth N.Z. Therefore theoretically I could have 3 passports. If I could be bothered. I might have the rights of 4 if I count my relationship with the Missus as she holds a Portuguese passport as well.
Anyway having an American passport may not be too good for ones health, with all these nutters going around targeting Americans.



In ww2 The Japanese were volunteers weren't they? but I wonder how the people with German ancestry got on.
 
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bladerunner

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AS an addition to my previous post about an American passport:

I dont know whether it is true, but Ive heard stories how these new Passports with their embedded data can be retrieved by anyone possessing the right sorta of scanner. It can actually read the passport sitting in your pockets or whatever.

So a person who had a dislike for Americans could determine his victims by hanging around places where foreigners are likely to be
 

cmb=1968

Junior Member
AS an addition to my previous post about an American passport:

I dont know whether it is true, but Ive heard stories how these new Passports with their embedded data can be retrieved by anyone possessing the right sorta of scanner. It can actually read the passport sitting in your pockets or whatever.

So a person who had a dislike for Americans could determine his victims by hanging around places where foreigners are likely to be

Does that Article say how many countries are using Radio Frequency Identification Tags besides the US.
 

King_Comm

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If it's the first three scenarios, it will be a large convnetional lannd war, in those cases, I will go nohwere near the fighting, simply for self-preservation.

You see, given the size of WS-2D or SY-400 rockets, you can expect each rocket to carry up to 50 terminal sensing submunitions, on average, every 5-6 submunition destroys an armoured target, so in theory, one launcher can wipe out an entire tank battalion.

With this kind of killing power, you can expect entire battalions or even brigades to be obliterated within hours after entering the theatre. Regardless of which side you are on, the chance of you getting killed is quite good, and I value my life.
 
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