Major Henry Leonard

Honor, Military Reputations and the Truth in the Sutton Case

The influence of a gaping and curious public can have no effect on the conduct of the Judge Advocate in this matter. . . . The hallowed grave of a dead son is no more sacred than the grave of a military reputation and there are a great many military reputations at stake in this…

Sutton’s Lonely Grave and a Great Arlington Cemetery Website

The body had been dressed for burial in socks, underclothes and an undress blue uniform. Lieutenant James Sutton’s limbs were so rigid by Sunday, October 20 that undertaker Raymond Taylor had to split his jacket in the back to get it on over his arms. The following day, after a brief service, Rose Parker traveled with her…