8 U.S.C. § 1438

December 7, 1941September 2, 1945section 1427(a) of this titlesection 1421(b) of this titlesection 1448 of this titleAny person who, (1) during World War II and while a citizen of the United States, served in the military, air, or naval forces of any country at war with a country with which the United States was at war after , and before , and (2) has lost United States citizenship by reason of entering or serving in such forces, or taking an oath or obligation for the purpose of entering such forces, may, upon compliance with all the provisions of subchapter III of this chapter, except , and except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), be naturalized by taking before the Attorney General or before a court described in the oath required by . Certified copies of such oath shall be sent by such court to the Department of State and to the Department of Justice and by the Attorney General to the Secretary of State.

ProvidedAny person naturalized in accordance with the provisions of this section, or any person who was naturalized in accordance with the provisions of section 323 of the Nationality Act of 1940, shall have, from and after such naturalization, the status of a native-born, or naturalized, citizen of the United States, whichever status existed in the case of such person prior to the loss of citizenship: , That nothing contained herein, or in any other provision of law, shall be construed as conferring United States citizenship retroactively upon any such person during any period in which such person was not a citizen.

September 1, 1939September 2, 1945For the purposes of this section, World War II shall be deemed to have begun on , and to have terminated on .

This section shall not apply to any person who during World War II served in the armed forces of a country while such country was at war with the United States.