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> Although the narrative of Captain America is that he enlisted in the 40's so chances of him having a turban and a beard are really really low Interestingly,
by vowelless 13y ago
> Although the narrative of Captain America is that he enlisted in the 40's so chances of him having a turban and a beard are really really low
Interestingly, one of the first known Sikhs in the US army was Bhagat Singh Thind[1] during the first world war. He was also involved in a legal battle[2][3] for naturalization which eventually lead to the landmark decision to allow "non-whites" to naturalize as US citizens.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagat_Singh_Thind http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagat_Singh_Thind
[2] http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/261/204/case.html http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/261/204/case.html
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Bhagat_Singh_Thind http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Bhagat_Singh_T...
- ChuckMcM 13y agoDidn't say it was impossible, just low :-).