JerArdra
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One side story re the building of the Alaskan Highway. When the Japanese invaded one of the far our Alaskan islands (US territory) we immediately sent the Army into Canada to build the highway. Later, both the US and Canada realized that under international law we had invaded Canada because Army units and not Marines had entered. To fix this technical detail the Canadian Parliament passed a law or resolution or whatever giving the US permission to move Army units into Canada and then they "back dated" it to a date prior to when US Army units entered Canada. They knew we would go home when it was over!
A similar situation occurred when we moved General Douglas McArthur's Army into Australia during WWII. Many Australian's have told both Ardra and I that the reason the US was given permission to do this was because Australia knew that we would go home after the threat of a Japanese invasion was stopped.
JerryF
A similar situation occurred when we moved General Douglas McArthur's Army into Australia during WWII. Many Australian's have told both Ardra and I that the reason the US was given permission to do this was because Australia knew that we would go home after the threat of a Japanese invasion was stopped.
JerryF