MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case raises important questions concerning the statutory jurisdiction of general courts-martial of the Navy.
In 1942 the petitioner was serving a second enlistment in the Navy. Upon the surrender of the United States forces on Corregidor petitioner became a war prisoner of Japan. After liberation in September, 1945, petitioner was brought back to the United States and hospitalized. He was restored...
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