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  2. G.I. Bill - Wikipedia

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    The G.I. Bill, formally the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was a law that provided a range of benefits for some of the returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s). The original G.I. Bill expired in 1956, but the term "G.I. Bill" is still used to refer to programs created to assist American military veterans.

  3. Mustering-out Payment Act - Wikipedia

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    The Mustering-out Payment Act is a United States federal law passed in 1944. [1] It provided money to servicemen, returning from the Second World War, to help them restart their lives as civilians. [2]

  4. Veterans Day legislation targets GI Bill racial inequities - AOL

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    The new legislative effort would benefit surviving spouses and all living descendants of Black WWII veterans whose families were denied the opportunity to build wealth with housing and educational ...

  5. Veterans Benefits Administration - Wikipedia

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    Following World War II, the VA faced unprecedented challenges as millions of service members sought to claim their benefits. The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, which was the original "GI Bill", provided education benefits, unemployment compensation, and home loans, significantly impacting the lives of returning veterans. To manage the ...

  6. The GI Bill transformed the American middle class, but its ...

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    The result was the GI Bill, which gave White veterans access to housing and higher education. Very simply, this access to a house and better wages that came with education created wealth for a ...

  7. List of United States education acts - Wikipedia

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    1944 Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (G.I. Bill) Provided benefits for World War II veterans, including student financial aid. Expired in 1956. Pub. L. 78–346: 1944 Public Health Service Act: Included a provision creating a scholarship through the National Health Service Corps. Pub. L. 78–410: 1946 Richard B. Russell National School ...

  8. United States Department of Veterans Affairs - Wikipedia

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    This centralization caused delays and bottlenecks as the agency tried to serve World War II veterans. As a result, the VA went through a decentralization process, giving more authority to the field offices. [26] The World War II GI Bill was signed into law on June 22, 1944, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. [27] "The United States government ...

  9. History of the United States (1945–1964) - Wikipedia

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    [9] [10] While originally a civil war, it quickly escalated into a proxy war between the United States and its allies and the communist powers of the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. [11] After a few weeks of retreat, on September 15 General Douglas MacArthur conducted an amphibious landing at the city of Inchon (Song Do port). [12]