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G.I. Bill  

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  • The GI Bill is also known as the GI Bill of Rights, and formally, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. This act of U.S. Congress provided World War II veterans the subsidized benefit of college or vocational education and one year of unemployment compensation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; GI Bill]

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  • Servicemen's Readjustment Act

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  • 1944

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