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Sikhs in the United States military
There have been Sikhs in the United States military as far back as World War I. Sikhs have served through all subsequent wars up until the present day. Since the 1980s, observant Sikhs have faced difficulty in serving due to a discontinuation of exemptions to uniform standards which previously allowed Sikhs to maintain their religiously-mandated beards and turbans while in uniform.
==World War I and World War II==
One of the earliest Sikh soldiers in the American military was one Bhagat Singh Thind, who although not a U.S. citizen joined the United States Army and served in World War I. Dr Bhagat Singh Thind was the first Sikh in US military service to be granted the right to wear a turban while on active duty in the US Army. Thind requested citizenship at the end of the war, but was refused. He was granted citizenship in 1936.〔 Sikh participation as a part of U.S. forces in World War I was limited due to their small population in the country, but 138,000 Sikhs served in other Allied forces Large numbers of Sikhs served in U.S. forces during World War II, and all American wars following.
During World War II Sikh units of the Indian and Commonwealth forces served under Allied command alongside or in cooperation with American forces and earned a reputation for bravery, serving notably against the Germans and Italians in East Africa, North Africa, Italy, France, Western Europe and against the Japanese in the China-Burma-India Theater. Notable actions involving Sikhs fighting alongside American forces occurred at the Battle of Monte Cassino and the assault on the Gustav Line during the Italian Campaign where both American and Indian Army Sikh (as well as Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, Polish and South African) units suffered heavy casualties. Other notable battles of World War II that involved units composed of Sikhs included both the First and Second Battles of El Alamein, Kohima, Imphal, and the Burma campaign in conjunction with Merrill's Marauders. (List of Sikhs Awarded the Victoria Cross ) 〔Dawinder S. Sidhu, Neha Singh Gohil. ( id=J9zlF4muMjMC&pg=PA137&dq=sikhs+american+army+wwii&hl=en&ei=YXXpTJLTC4P7lwee3qmaDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=World%20War%20I&f=false Civil rights in wartime: the post-9/11 Sikh experience ). Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2009. ISBN 0-7546-7553-X, 9780754675532. Pg 137〕
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