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...scope of the ring's activities became clearer in court actions on both coasts. In San Francisco, a federal grand jury produced a new and more specific indictment against Jerry Whitworth, 46, a retired Navy chief radioman, who allegedly supplied the most valuable information. In Norfolk, Va., Arthur Walker, 50, was found guilty of conspiring with his brother John to sell secrets to the Soviets. John Walker, 48, also a former Navy chief radioman and the alleged ringleader, is scheduled to go on trial for espionage in Baltimore on Oct. 28. John's son, Michael, 22, a former Navy seaman...
...settlement, which Judge Harvey must approve, remains secret. But sources indicated that Walker, 48, will probably be sentenced to life in prison, while his son, as part of the deal, will get a lighter sentence. The elder Walker is expected to testify against Jerry Whitworth, a former Navy chief radioman accused of supplying him with communications secrets for sale. Whitworth pleaded innocent last week to the charges. Walker's older brother Arthur, a retired Navy lieutenant commander, was convicted in August on similar charges and is awaiting sentencing. DEFENSE A Not-So-Hard...
...Charles Robert Jenkins were known beyond a doubt. In the bitter cold of Jan. 5, 1965, the 24-year-old U.S. Army sergeant was leading a night reconnaissance patrol near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates North Korea from South Korea. At around 2:30 a.m., he told his radioman and another soldier he was going to investigate the road up ahead. He disappeared down the hill-and never came back...
Chabon's facts and fabrications are mutually supporting. At least until Joe Kavalier, itching to get into the war and kill Nazis, ends up as a U.S. Navy radioman who escapes the South Pole in a homemade plane whose wings and fuselage are covered with the skins of dozens of seals and one beloved...
...Dole ever made, like so many that would follow, he made all alone. He found himself on an April day on a hillside in Italy, trying to lead a platoon that was pinned down by German gunners and surrounded by land mines called Bouncing Betties. When Dole saw his radioman go down, he crawled out of his foxhole to retrieve him; the soldier he was trying to save was already dead, and by the time the firing stopped, Dole very nearly...