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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.

  4. Japanese invasion money - Wikipedia

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    In 1944, inflation led to the issuing of a 100-dollar note. In 1945, a replacement note 100-dollar bill was issued as well as a hyper-inflation 1,000 note. The 1942 series of notes, including the 50c and 1, 5, 10, and the 1944/45 100-dollar all contained the text [The Japanese Government] "Promises To Pay The Bearer on Demand".

  5. World War Adjusted Compensation Act - Wikipedia

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    The act awarded veterans additional pay in various forms, with only limited payments available in the short term. The value of each veteran's "credit" was based on each recipient's service in the United States Armed Forces between April 5, 1917, and July 1, 1919, with $1.00 awarded for each day served in the United States and $1.25 for each day served abroad.

  6. Japanese military currency (1937–1945) - Wikipedia

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    Allied Military Currency – Currency issued by the Allied powers during World War II; Banknotes of the British Armed Forces – Currency issued by the British Armed Forces from 1946 to 1972; Military payment certificate – Currency issued by the U.S. military from the end of World War II to the Vietnam War.

  7. United States home front during World War II - Wikipedia

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    Federal tax policy was highly contentious during the war, with President Franklin D. Roosevelt opposing a conservative coalition in Congress. However, both sides agreed on the need for high taxes (along with heavy borrowing) to pay for the war: top marginal tax rates ranged from 81% to 94% for the duration of the war, and the income level subject to the highest rate was lowered from $5,000,000 ...

  8. Rescission Act - Wikipedia

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    The Rescission Act of 1946 (Pub. L. 79–301, H.R. 5158, 60 Stat. 6, enacted February 18, 1946, codified at 38 U.S.C. § 107) is a law of the United States reducing (rescinding) the amounts of certain funds already designated for specific government programs, much of it for the U.S. military, after World War II concluded and as American military and public works spending diminished.

  9. Office of Price Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Office of Price Administration (OPA) was established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government by Executive Order 8875 on August 28, 1941. The functions of the OPA were originally to control money (price controls) and rents after the outbreak of World War II. [3]