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BELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 92.

366 U.S. 393 (1961)

BELL ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 22, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Hannon argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioners.

Acting Assistant Attorney General Leonard argued the cause for the United States. On the brief were Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Doub, Alan S. Rosenthal and David L. Rose.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioners were enlisted men in the United States Army who were captured during the hostilities in Korea in 1950 and 1951. In the prison camps to which they were taken they behaved with utter disloyalty to their comrades and to their country. After the Korean Armistice in the summer of 1953 they refused repatriation and went to Communist China. They were formally discharged from the Army in 1954. In 1955...

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