 Complete the following phrase:  The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 resulted in many international communist parties sending manpower and ficial support to Republican Spain. Garland, being a staunch anti-fascist and member of the American communist movement, volunteered for service in Spain. He sailed for France aboard the SS Champlain on 5 January 1937 and from there made his way to Republican lines. Once in Spain he joined what would become the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, in which he was appointed section commander on account of his previous military experience. Garland was wounded in battle on 27 February during the advance of the 17th International Column on Jarama. During his convalescence, Garland was selected to attend officer training school, and he returned to the front as the commander of a machine gun battalion dubbed the Washington Battalion. Garland was wounded for a second time in July 1937 during the Republican defeat at the 