Lawrence Gray, Administrator of the Estate of Mildred Reed Wood v. United States

ORR, Circuit Judge.

Lawrence C. Reed, now deceased, was for almost twenty-three years a member of the armed forces of the. United States. ■He retired from active service in the Army on December 31,1947. From June 1, 1943, until December 31, 1947, the date of his retirement, there was deducted, pursuant to his authorization, from his Army pay premiums due on a National Service Life Insurance policy.

Upon his retirement Reed indicated on his retirement certificate that he desired to continue his National Service Life Insurance allotment from his retirement *627pay.1 However, until his death thirteen…