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SEMPLE v. VIETNAM SERV. COMPENSATION BD.

No. 60128.

262 N.W.2d 268 (1978)

Patrick Harley SEMPLE, Appellee, v. VIETNAM SERVICE COMPENSATION BOARD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 22, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Stephen C. Robinson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Bruce W. Foudree, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Gordon E. Allen and Leslie Babich, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by MOORE, C. J., and LeGRAND, REYNOLDSON, HARRIS and McCORMICK, JJ.

HARRIS, Justice.

The narrow question controlling this appeal is one of statutory construction. The trial court determined plaintiff had not "refused * * * to subject himself to military discipline" so as to bar his entitlement to a veterans' bonus under § 35C.1, The Code. Under the undisputed facts we agree and affirmed the trial court.

Patrick Harley Semple enlisted in the United States Air Force on December 3, 1969 and thereafter served nearly two years...

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