The Judge was a War Detective. We remember Thurgood Marshall in a robe. We forget that in 1951, he was dodging snipers in a flak jacket. During the Korean War, the US Army framed 39 Black soldiers for “cowardice” to cover up the tactical failures of white officers. General MacArthur claimed the men abandoned their posts. Case closed. Marshall didn’t file a motion from a safe office. He flew to the war zone. He interviewed soldiers in foxholes under active enemy fire. He cross-referenced the test