Hans Amlie
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Hansford "Hans" Amlie was an American mining engineer, political activist and soldier who served in the United States Army and Marine Corps during and after World War I and in the International Brigad
Amlie in his U.S. Army uniform c. 1917–1919
A United Press bulletin detailing Amlie's efforts to volunteer in the Spanish Civil War mistakenly identifies his brother Thomas as his father, January 9, 1937
Amlie with his wife, Milly Bennett, shortly after their return to the United States, January 4, 1938
Amlie (right) shows his brother Thomas where he was grazed by a bullet in Spain, January 19, 1938
Steve Nelson (activist)
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Steve Nelson was a Croatian-born American labor activist. He was one of nearly 3,000 American volunteers who joined the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, where he served as a political
Hans Amlie
…go and then we'll refuse. Then you tell them to come down here and lead us, and we'll follow them!" The situation was resolved when brigade commissar Steve Nelson came to the frontline himself and discovered a culvert than ran directly into Belchite, sparing Amlie and his men from another frontal assault. Though…
Nelson in 1948
Nelson with his wife Margaret and children Bobby and Josephine c. 1952
Nelson, facing the camera, at Quinto c. August 1937
Nelson in uniform shortly after returning home, November 1937