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THOMPSON v. CLIFFORD

No. 20737.

408 F.2d 154 (1968)

Sylvia H. THOMPSON, Appellant, v. Clark M. CLIFFORD, as Secretary of Defense, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lawrence Speiser, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Joel E. Hoffman and William Warfield Ross, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. James A. Strazzella, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker, Joseph M. Hannon and A. Lee Fentress, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before FAHY, Senior Circuit Judge, and BURGER and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

This appeal challenges the authority of the Secretary of the Army to bar interment of the remains of Robert G. Thompson in a national cemetery.1 Thompson saw action during World War II in the Pacific Theater, where his "extraordinary heroism" won the Distinguished Service Cross2 and approval for a battlefield commission as...

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