Petition of Sooren Alexander Skender, for Naturalization. Sooren Alexander Skender v. United States

HINCKS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Skender, an Armenian who was a native and national of Iraq, entered the United States for permanent residence on October 3, 1941.

As a male alien, residing in the United States, appellant was subject to registration and military service under the Selective Service Act of 1940, as amended. 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix former Section 302 et seq., 55 Stat. 844. *

On August 24, 1942, the appellant, as an alien residing in the United States, filed D.S.S. Form 304 “Alien’s Personal History and Statement” with his Selective Service Board, in which he plainly wrote that he could…