My Grandfather was in the BEF and made it off the beach at Dunkirk. He was on the MV Derrycunihy and was not one of the survivors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Derrycunihy_(1943)
He was in a protected occupation so he could have avoided all of that. But he didn’t.
Portland Oregon it seems to be PBR. Yes, Pabst Blue Ribbon is drunk rather than any of the good microbrews. Or even the seven million IPAs. (Guess who doesn’t like IPA).
Some of those fighting were not American… In fact the majority weren’t.
But everyone fighting in the US Civil Rights movement was American and they deserve the recognition. Vote, because you can.