Canadian objection to the Liberation star?
Can anyone provide evidence that any Canadian, or British, soldier objected to the Liberation star because it was perceived as American?
There was annoyance among British soldiers about Yanks taking their women, but Canadians did that as well.
There were jibes about Americans being overpaid, oversexed and overhere, answered by Americans saying Brits were underpaid, undersexed and underike.
But I never heard the Liberation star being called American. The need for it was obvious, and there was no alternative, was there?
Neither were the white D-Day stripes painted on all aircraft, to my knowledge, ever described as being American.
Stars and stripes for ever? I don't think it occurred to anyone, and, if it did, no one minded.
They had bigger things on their mind - such as staying alive.
Tony
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