Cain v. United States

DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.

This is a case which strongly appeals,, to the sympathy of the court.

*151Plaintiff is the widow, since re-married, of a soldier in the United States Army who was captured in the Philippines and imprisoned by the Japanese during World War II. He was taken prisoner in early 1942 and endured the “Bataan Death March”, as well as other forms of torture. While he was held in various Japanese prison camps, probably due to inhuman treatment and lack of proper food, he developed beri-beri. After being honorably discharged from the Army, he allegedly continued to suffer from this,…