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TIl The Lodge–Philbin Act was a U.S. federal law, passed in 1950, which allowed for the recruiting of foreign nationals into a military force fighting under the command of the U.S. Armed Forces. If they successfully served five years with an honorable discharge, they were guaranteed U.S. citizenship

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