[R_Kangel]

..... I have a question for all of the Legal Beagles out there...... Question: Didn't he forfeit his American citizenship when he took up arms against the United States?

I have always wondered about this since it states something to that effect on page five of American Passports.

[bert]

it doesn’t matter

He is an enemy commander and is subject to being killed if located

He is no different than Admiral Yamamoto who was known to be flying in to Bougainville and shot down by P 38’s

The argument for not killing him was because there was fear about revealing sensitive info derived from code breaking. There was no problem at all with killing him.