In any county of the sixth class, any person who held a license to sell alcoholic beverages at retail for a period of two years prior to serving in the armed forces of the United States and who permitted said license to lapse, may apply for such license from the municipality originally issuing the same, and such municipality may, if the applicant is otherwise eligible for such license, issue the same regardless of any jurisdictional dispute between such municipality and an adjoining municipality as to boundary lines; provided, that application for said license is made or has been made within six months of the honorable discharge of the applicant from the armed forces of the United States.
N.J.S. § 33:1-12.22b