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Passport Not Required: U.S. Volunteers in the Royal Navy, 1939-1941
Author(s): Eric Dietrich-Berryman (Author)
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press
- Publication Date: 30 Sept. 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 192 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781591142249
- ISBN-13: 1591142245
Book Description
The WWII story of the twenty two American citizens who fought with the Royal NavyBefore 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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
This delightful, well-researched book tells the story of twenty-two American citizens who volunteered to serve in the Royal Navy between 1939 and 1941 when America was neutral and the British Empire fought alone for the cause of freedom. The Naval Institute Press is to be congratulated for recognizing the importance of the subject matter and publishing it. This book. . . .serves as a fitting tribute to the memory of a group of brave men who bent their country s rules to join up and fight. It is a fascinating story, well told that will, I hope, appeal to a wide readership in both the USA and the Commonwealth; I thoroughly recommend it. –Journal of the Australian Naval Institute, July 2011
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.
