Beck-Lee Model E electrocardiograph. The inscription on a round enamel plaque reads “BECK-LEE Instruments of Precision.” Another inscription reads “"Beck-Lee Corporation / 630 WEST JACKSON BLVD.
Tom Beck was a Marine who came out of the Korean War with two Purple Hearts. He was the sort of Marine who . . . how shall we put this? . . . well, when he was off-duty, he did not seek out conflict, ...