In the last issue of The Journal, I offered a look back at the multimillion-dollar bribery and fraud case that occurred in the late 1980s at the Defense Personnel Support Center in Philadelphia, known locally as the “Quartermaster.”
Defense contractors who manufactured Navy peacoats and other military clothing bribed Department of Defense civilian employees to ensure the companies received major clothing contracts and expedited processing that led to the contractors receiving enormous government checks. The federal investigation was called “Operation Thimble.”
