Something Like Treason: Disloyal American Soldiers & the Plot to Bring World War II Home

Not everyone in the U.S. military was rooting for America.

In 1942, in its rush to assemble a force of seven million to take on the Axis powers, the Army discovered it had inducted some seemingly iffy patriots.

They had FBI files, German-sounding names, records as disruptive college students, traveled to Europe pre-war, or did nothing at all. Suspicion was enough.

Unsure of what to do with them, the Army put them all into a misfit company. They were the 620th Engineer General Service Company.

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