My GGG grandfather served both the confederacy and union.

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4. Great story. Should be a movie

BTW Thailand was aligned with both sides in WWII.

When the Japanese showed up with major naval forces that was estimated would sink the Thai navy in 20 minutes the Thai government decided to join Japan in the Asian Prosperity Alliance and allowed the Japanese to move to cut the Allied lifeline to China in Burma.

The next day The Thai Embassy in DC derecognized the government in Bangkok and established a rival government in DC.

After the 2 atomic blasts the BKK government fled and the government in DC was flown in, just in time to hold a parade welcoming fellow allies led by Mountbattan who had come to arrest the previous govt and implement terms on Thailand which were forgotten after the population of Bangkok turned out to embrace the allies

During the war when the OSS wanted to parachute assets into Thailand the two governments would coordinate so that it would happen in an area w no Japanese.