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Edward Koch: New York's 'Mayor for Life' |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / PEOPLE IN THE NEWS |
| Author: Robert R. Selle |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2002 |
| Size: 1,690 Words, 9,949 Characters |
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Many seven-year-olds, asked what they want to be when they grow up, talk about becoming firefighters or policemen. Not so young Edward Irving Koch, who knew for sure at even that tender age that he wanted to be pacing a courtroom, hearing it resound with his arguments. He wanted to be a lawyer.
Nor did he waver from that desire. Not even the interposition of World War II swayed him. After two years at the City College of New York, from 1941 to1943, he was drafted into the U.S. Army where he served with the 104th Infantry Division. He was awarded two battle stars for his frontline combat, achieved the rank of sergeant, and was honorably discharged in 1946 after serving in a denazification unit in Bavaria, running down former Nazis and their property. He then enrolled in New York Univer...
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...spect on the basis of race that pervades our society" that must be dealt with. "Martin Luther King Jr. said we do not have to love each other, but we must respect each other's rights," Koch has written.
"There's no topic he doesn't have an interest in," longtime friend and campaign manager David Garth has said. "He's not a right-wing nut. He's not a left-wing nut. He goes his own way."
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