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  2. G.I. Bill - Wikipedia

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    Another attempt to notice Merchant Marines in the G.I. Bill was the 21st Century GI Bill of Rights Act of 2007, introduced by Sen. Hillary Clinton, Entitles basic educational assistance to Armed Forces or reserves who, after September 11, 2001: (1) are deployed overseas; or (2) serve for an aggregate of at least two years or, before such period ...

  3. Impact of the Korean War on the economy of the United States

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    The "Korean War GI Bill" was implemented in 1952, eventually covering veterans between June 27, 1950 and February 1, 1955. [17] It offered the same benefits as the World War II G.I. Bill, including mustering-out pay, financial support for education, home and business loan guarantees, unemployment compensation, and job placement. [17]

  4. Demobilization of United States Armed Forces after World War II

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    The shock of peace: military and economic demobilization after World War II (1983) online; Bennett, Michael J. When Dreams Came True: The GI Bill and the Making of Modern America (Brassey's, 1996). Childers, Thomas. Soldier from the war returning: The greatest generation's troubled homecoming from World War II (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009 ...

  5. 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 ...

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

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    In contrast to the treatment of Black veterans, the GI Bill helped home ownership rates soar among white veterans in a post-war housing boom that created a ripple effect their children and ...

  7. These veterans' student loans are gone, but so are their GI ...

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    The U.S. has provided educational assistance to veterans since 1944, when the GI Bill of Rights granted financial support to soldiers returning from World War II. In 2008, Congress passed the Post ...

  8. Peace dividend - Wikipedia

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    Peace dividend was a political slogan popularized by US President George H. W. Bush [1] and UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the light of the 1988–1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, that described the economic benefit of a decrease in defense spending.

  9. Greatest Generation - Wikipedia

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    The GI Bill: The new deal for veterans (Oxford University Press, 2009). online; Bennett, Michael J. When Dreams Came True: The GI Bill and the Making of Modern America (Brassey's, 1996). Childers, Thomas. Soldier from the war returning: The greatest generation's troubled homecoming from World War II (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009) online ...