Courts-Martial

The two official scapegoats for the Pearl Harbor disaster-Major General Walter C. Short, Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel-went into voluntary retirement last week. But not to batten peacefully on their retirement pay ($6,000 a year). The Army & Navy were preparing to court-martial them. Just when the trials would come off was left hazy. The courts-martial would be held, the War and Navy Departments announced, when "the public interest and safety" permit.

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