Goldstein v. United States

Plaintiff, a former member of the United States Army, brings this action to recover additional pay alleged to be due him for the period August 19,1943, the date of his enlistment, through January 28,1952, the date on which he was granted an honorable discharge in lieu of the dishonorable discharge which was issued and received by plaintiff upon his separation from the service on July 9,1945.

Plaintiff, although at the time over-age for Selective Service, enlisted in August 1943, in response to the Army’s need for certain specialists in scarce categories, the qualifications for which plaintiff…