Today, it is not unusual to find judge advocates (JAs) who entered the Corps from civilian life, as directly commissioned officers. Nearly one hundred years ago, however, it was a radical idea to invite civilian attorneys, who had no military experience, to don uniforms and join the Judge Advocate General's Department (JAGD). This is the story of the first selection from civil life of twenty JAs in World War Ⅰ-lawyers who were at the top of the American legal profession in the early 20th century and some of whom remain larger than life personalities in American law.
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