Legal Opinion
Rex BARBER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sheila WIDNALL, Secretary of the Air Force, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 14, 1996No. 93-36200PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
This case arises from one of the remarkable events in the Pacific theater of World War II — the long range fighter mission that culminated in the death of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of the attack on Pearl Harbor. In this appeal, Rex Barber, a retired Air Force pilot, challenges the denial by the Secretary of the Air Force of his petition to correct his military record pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 1552, to reflect his sole credit for having shot down Yamamoto’s bomber. Barber appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the Secretary. We conclude that…
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