Law Practice
Dec. 23, 1999
Winning the Conflict
After Somogyi heard the Pearl Harbor announcement on his home's big console radio, he tossed aside his books and mulled his future. Actually, there wasn't much to wonder about. Many of his classmates had been granted exemptions from the draft until they completed law school. Then they were to become officers, most of them in the Navy. His bad eyes had made him ineligible for that program.
Imagine yourself peacefully listening to classical music while studying for semester tests. Then a news bulletin flashes over the air: a surprise attack on your country's troops. What would you do?
Probably just what Lloyd Somogyi did. "I stopped studying," Somogyi said from his home in San Luis Obispo. He was one semester from graduation at the University of California...
Probably just what Lloyd Somogyi did. "I stopped studying," Somogyi said from his home in San Luis Obispo. He was one semester from graduation at the University of California...
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