contrary was military rather than medical. However, in 1955, in a similar case involving another woman, Clarice B. Covert, who had killed her husband in England with an axe, Federal District Court Judge Edward A. Tamm ruled that civilians who accompany military forces overseas could not be imprisoned by military courts. The two cases, Kinsella v. Krueger and Reid v. Covert, went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which affirmed that military trials of civilians were indeed constitutional, only to reverse itself a year later in a review of the decisions. Dorothy was released, and went to live with Krueger in San Antonio. When his old friend Fay Babson wrote a letter in 1960 complaining about not being promoted before retirement, Krueger replied that: Death and legacy Krueger's health began to decline in the late 1950s. He developed glaucoma in his right eye, and sciatica in his left hip. In 1960, he had a hernia operation, followed by kidney surgery in 1963. Nonetheless, he continued to attend MacArthur's birthday in New York. He died from pneumonia at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, on 20 August 1967, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. His papers are in the Cushing Memorial Library at Texas A&M University. Although Krueger led a large force in operations over a large area for over two years, appearing on the cover of Time magazine on 29 January 1945, and Krueger Middle School was named after him in San Antonio, Texas, in 1962, he never became a well-known figure like MacArthur. Krueger's forte was what is today termed the operational level of war, transforming MacArthur's strategic vision into reality. Krueger has usually been characterised as "an overly cautious commander who impeded MacArthur's fast-paced strategy." William Manchester speculated that "the General knew his plodding subordinate was a useful counterweight to his own bravura", and Edward Drea noted that at the Battle of the Drinumor, Krueger's actions were "entirely out of keeping with his otherwise methodical and plodding generalship". MacArthur wrote: Dates of rank Notes References Further reading Taaffe, Stephen R. Marshall and His Generals: U.S. Army Commanders in World War II (2011) excerpt External links Generals of World War II |- |- |- |- 1881 births 1967 deaths United States Army Infantry Branch personnel People from Złotów People from West Prussia American military personnel of the Spanish–American War United States Army personnel of World War I United States Army generals of