ARMY & NAVY: Courthouse

"I am going to blow a loud whistle on Lieut. General John C. H. Lee," wrote Scripps-Howard's roving Columnist Robert Ruark from Leghorn, Italy last week. "I hope my beefs reach the eyes of General Lee's bossman, Ike Eisenhower, and I hope furthermore that the General gets a royal eating-out.* He's got one coming."

At the first mention of "Courthouse" Lee's name, thousands of ex-G.I.s pricked up their ears, and their memories. They remembered Courthouse Lee all right, for his private train and his big, black limousine with the red leather cushions, and for all the hectic saluting that went...

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