MILITARY COURTS See Here, Specialist Schmidt
Specialist Fourth Class Gerald L. Schmidt sounded like an average G.I. when he bellyached about the Fort Riley chow and groused about overcrowded quarters. Unlike most of his buddies, though, Schmidt was not content to restrict his complaint to barracks bull sessions; he put his beefs in writing and sent them to Senator Gaylord Nelson of his home state of Wisconsin. The Senator forwarded the complaint to Fort Riley's commanding general. A veteran of four years of Army service during World War II, Nelson might have been expected...