Re:[OT] AWI Mercs

--- "K.H.Ranitzsch" <KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de> wrote:

> A number of German officers, from Steuben down,
> served with the Americans,
> and could equally be called mercenaries.

Volunteers.  We didn't pay Steuben enough the cover
his bills.  Kosciuzko, Pulaski, et al fought for
ideological reasons, not pecuniary.

John

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