Any member of the retirement system, born in 1920, having at least 33 years of service credit as an employee of the same school district, which is coterminous with a municipality that had a population of 7,000 to 8,000 people, according to the 1970 census, and said municipality is designated as the county seat of a county of the third class that had a population of 75,000 to 100,000, according to the 1970 census, and borders both the States of New York and Pennsylvania, and who prior to said service served said district in a temporary capacity for a period of not less than 3 months, following which said member was inducted into the U.S. Army and served therein from July 15, 1942, to December, 1945, and then was recalled and served as an officer in the U.S. Army from September, 1950, to June, 1952, receiving an honorable discharge at the conclusion of his military service, shall be granted credit for said military service during 1942 to 1945 to the same extent that he would have been entitled to credit for said service if his temporary employment with the school district had been on a permanent basis.
N.J.S. § 18A:66-14.1