Word: redlands
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...found that Turncoats Bell, Cowart and Griggs, who had gamboled about Communist China for 18 months before changing their minds and returning to the U.S., were entitled to their U.S. Army pay from their capture until their dishonorable discharges. In January 1954, while all 21 turncoats were still in Redland, Defense Secretary Charles Wilson ordered the Army to give them dishonorable discharges. Normally, such a discharge is given only by court-martial, not by administrative decree. The total amount of back pay due Bell, Cowart and Griggs as a result of last week's Supreme Court decision...