He couldn't risk losing the Bronze Medal earned in Korea, or his high-school diploma (issued by the Leavenworth County Board of Education as a result of his having, while in prison, resumed his long-recessed studies).
Ezin zen arriskatu Korean irabazitako Brontzezko Domina edo bere Bigarren Ikasketen Ziurtagiria galtzera (Leavenworth Konderriko Hezkuntz Batzordeak emana, espetxean zela aspaldi utzitako ikasketak jarraitu izanaren ondorioz).