Bell v. United States

The plaintiffs sue for pay and allowances which they claim to be due them as prisoners of war from the dates of capture in 1950 and 1951 until their discharge from the Army on January 23, 1954.

They had enlisted in the United States Army at different dates in 1949. At the time of their capture they were privates, first class.

The applicable statutes are set out in the footnote.1 The *250plaintiffs claim that from the date of their capture until their actual discharge they were entitled under the statutes to the regular pay and allowances of soldiers of their classification.

*251The defendant alleges in…