Saturday, February 18, 2012

What is the name of the legislation where FDR signed where servicemen can come home and recieve funds?

The Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944, or the GI Bill as commonly known. It provided tuition and living expense for college or vocational training, or one year's unemployment compensation for all members of the military. It also provided loans to purchase a house (VA loan guarantees).



Two year's later most US colleges and universities had tripled the size of their enrollments.What is the name of the legislation where FDR signed where servicemen can come home and recieve funds?The G.I. Bill (officially titled Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, PL345) provided for college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as GIs or G.I.s) as well as one year of unemployment compensation. It also provided loans for returning veterans to buy homes and start businesses.

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