That's on a case by case basis. Soldiers followed orders and traveled as needed when their unit was deployed. Some soldiers spent all or most of their time at one station (my Dad).

I believe that Americans served exclusively in either Europe or the Pacific. After the victory over Germany they began preparing to move units from Europe to the Pacific, but I believe the war there ended before any real number could be moved.

Each armies had their own rules. I do know that Americans soldiers were rotated to different theaters. My Uncles were in Europe and one of them was rotated to Africa.

My Father (Australia) fought in North Africa and was than was brought home to fight the Japanese in New Guinea, he died when I was a young boy from war wounds inflicted by the Japanese

-- Australian soldiers fought in North Africa and then returned to Australia and fought in Papua New Guinea and other areas in the SW Pacific under MacArthur or in the China-Burma-India theatre under British command. Some fought in all three theatres. The Australian soldiers who fought in PNG were the first troops to cause the first LAND defeat of the Japanese at Kokoda (before any US troops saw offensive action against the Japanese). The Australian air force mainly stayed in Europe although a few saw action in Europe-North Africa and in the SW Pacific. The Australian Navy served mostly in the Pacific under Admiral Nimitz or in SW Pacific under General MacArthur.

-- Some British soldiers who fought in Europe in the early days of the war were transferred to the China-Burma-India theatre and saw action in Burma.

-- New Zealand troops of all branches served mostly in the North Africa and European theatre while some of their Navy also served under Nimitz and very few under MacArthur.

-- British Indian troops fought in Europe and some were transferred back to India and saw action in Burma.

-- Extremely few US Army soldiers who fought in Europe were transferred to the Pacific in time to see any action against the Japanese. Surprisingly, some who saw action in the Pacific were transferred to Europe prior to D-Day. Some US Army-Airforce pilots and crews saw action in Europe and the Pacific or SW Pacific.

I think it was just a liberal land grab, so the liberals in cali could steal all the land the japanese-americans owned.

they only put cali japanese americans into concentration camps, not the ones in hawaii or in any other states.

there were a few units that saw combat both in europe and in the asian campaign, but that was mainly units that went to europe in the later stages of the war, so didn't have the combat time to rotate back to the states

The Japanese soldiers were more of an exception to the rule however it is probably somewhat true that a soldier with obvious German ancestry would more likely be sent to the Pacific Theater than the European one. However, to contradict that, there are numerous groups of Allied soldiers, particularly US, that had German speaking enlisted men and officers with them and it is not that much of a stretch to assume that they were of German ancestry. I would say it was less a concern among the US Command in relation to a distant German ancestry, probably because they were unlikely to be easily identifiable when compared to a Japanese American soldier, than about Japanese soldiers who were easily identified as such.

My stepdad was sent to Europe during WW2. He was second generation German. Born in Wisconsin and spoke fluent German and English. He was awarded several medals and one was the Bronze Star for valor. As to the Nisei they were the most decorated group during the war.

Former SSgt.

The allies were fighting long before the Americans got involved. The war started in 1939, the Americans finally got off their fat @rses at the end of 1941.

It was less likely. The US Marines were given primary responsibility for many operations in the pacific like Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Okinawa, and Iwo Jima. It was not common for the US Army to intervene in those areas.