Robert G. Thompson v. John S. Gleason, Jr., Administrator of Veterans Affairs

*903PRETTYMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment1 rendered by the District Court in a suit for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief brought by our appellant Thompson against one Whittier, then Administrator of Veterans Affairs.2

Perhaps we had best analyze the case into its constituent elements:

The person involved (Thompson) is an honorably discharged veteran of World War II. He served some two years in the armed forces, with such distinction as to receive the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism under fire in combat and to be recommended for a battlefield commission…