Some U.S. citizens served in the Waffen SS, but no unit made up of American volunteers was ever formed. According to the SS archives, 5 Americans served in the Waffen SS in May 1940, but after that date no numbers are available – and the U.S. authorities did not look into the matter after the war.
At least 8 American Waffen SS soldiers were killed wearing the hated SS uniform. In addition to Waffen SS, numerous ethnic Germans who were born in the USA served in the Wehrmacht. Boy Rickmers – who was born in New York – won the Knight`s Cross as part of Wehrmacht`s 320. Infanterie-Division
.Patrick Agte – Jochen Peiper: Commander, Panzerregiment Leibstandarte
Patrick Agte – Michael Wittmann and the Waffen-SS Tiger commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII, Vol 1
Patrick Agte – Michael Wittmann and the Waffen-SS Tiger commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII, Vol 2
Hans Bayer – A Dog’s Life
Allen Brandt – The Last Knight of Flanders
Robert L. Grupp – The Tracks of God: The Story of Henry Oehmsen Waffen SS Soldier of World War II and Prisoner of the Soviets
Michael Miller – Knight’s Cross holders of the SS and the German Police Vol 1: Active and Reserve Waffen-SS and Police Recipients 1940-1945
Martin James Monti – Monti later joined the SS as a SS-Untersturmführer
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