World War I and World War II Sikhs in the United States military

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bhagat singh thind


one of earliest sikh soldiers in american military bhagat singh thind, although not u.s. citizen joined united states army , served in world war i. dr bhagat singh thind first sikh in military service granted right wear turban while on active duty in army. thind requested citizenship @ end of war, refused. granted citizenship in 1936. sikh participation part of u.s. forces in world war limited due small population in country, 138,000 sikhs served in other allied forces. large numbers of sikhs served in u.s. forces during world war ii, , american wars following.


during world war ii sikh units of indian , commonwealth forces served under allied command alongside or in cooperation american forces , earned reputation bravery, serving notably against germans , italians in east africa, north africa, italy, france, western europe , against japanese in china-burma-india theater. notable actions involving sikhs fighting alongside american forces occurred @ battle of monte cassino , assault on gustav line during italian campaign both american , indian army sikh (as australian, canadian, new zealand, polish , south african) units suffered heavy casualties. other notable battles of world war ii involved units composed of sikhs included both first , second battles of el alamein, kohima, imphal, , burma campaign in conjunction merrill s marauders.








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