A family story is that my father-in-law wanted to run away to Canada to fight with the Canadians in WW2 long before the US got involved. His father got wind of it put a stop to that idea. He must have been pretty young when he concocted the plan, because he wasn't able to enlist until later in the war. He joined the US Army Air Corps, trained to be a bombardier, and then the war ended before he was sent overseas. He stayed in the Air Force Reserve after the war and retired as a major. His brother was on a troop ship heading to the Pacific theater when Japan surrendered. The ship turned around and headed back to the States, so his brother was spared combat as well. I wish they were both still around so I could ask about those times.
A family story is that my father-in-law wanted to run away to Canada to fight with the Canadians in WW2 long before the US got involved. His father got wind of it put a stop to that idea. He must have been pretty young when he concocted the plan, because he wasn't able to enlist until later in the war. He joined the US Army Air Corps, trained to be a bombardier, and then the war ended before he was sent overseas. He stayed in the Air Force Reserve after the war and retired as a major. His brother was on a troop ship heading to the Pacific theater when Japan surrendered. The ship turned around and headed back to the States, so his brother was spared combat as well. I wish they were both still around so I could ask about those times.
What a great story!