Answer: false
conviction by a court-marshall or desertion in time of war automatically results in loss of citizenship
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(g) Deserting the military or naval forces of the United States in time of war provided he is convicted thereof by court martial and as the result of such conviction is dismissed or dishonorably discharged from the service of such military or naval forces: Provided That notwithstanding loss of nationality or citizenship or civil or political ...
(3) Trop v. Dulles 356 U.S. 86 (1958). In this case the Supreme Court for the first time struck down a loss -of-nationality statute. This statute provided for loss of nationality upon conviction for desertion from the armed forces of the United States during time of war .
"deserting the military or naval forces of the United States in time of war provided he is convicted thereof by court martial and as a result of such conviction is dismissed or dishonorably discharged from the service " is unconstitutional. Pp. 356 U. S. 87-114. 239 F.2d 527 reversed. THE CHIEF JUSTICE in an Opinion joined by MR. JUSTICE ...
This law was the direct predecessor of § 401(g) of the Nationality Act of 1940 providing the additional penalty of loss of citizenship upon those convicted by court-martial of deserting the armed forces in time of war (a provision subsequently invalidated in Trop v. Dulles 356 U. S. 86). [Footnote 4/6]
Historically the military has always exercised jurisdiction by court...