An American woman who lost citizenship by marriage to an alien prior to September 2, 1922, and persons who 2 Sec. 101(a) (20), Act of 1952, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a) (20). lost American citizenship through service in Allied armies during “World “War II, are permitted to enter United States as special immigrants in order to pursue applications for reacquisition of citizenship.