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Soldiers Become Citizens

Nov-14-2008 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT , 5/2 SBCT

Soldiers from the 3/2 SBCT and 5/2 SBCT were among those granted US citizenship at a ceremony yesterday.

They entered the room "green card soldiers" from nearly every branch of the armed forces, men and women serving the United States in wartime though they were not U.S. citizens.

Within an hour, the platoon-size foreign legion of 41 was leaving with relief, smiles and in the arms of family and friends, having taken an oath and validation as newly minted U.S. citizens.

A Cuban man and a South Korean woman, a Kenyan chaplain who is a captain in the Army and more, representing 29 nations around the world, took the oath of allegiance Thursday at the all-military Veterans Appreciation Naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration District 20 offices in Tukwila.


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