At the time, I thought, the Army is promoting an officer who is an openly, self-proclaimed Communist?
Good riddance. Gave the Army a bad name with him in their ranks.
I read that, too, but I don’t think he was actually promoted to First Lieutenant. What is more likely, IMO, is that his chain of command refused to promote him to 1LT and he’s now being discharged from the military.
He had been promoted to 1LT.