4.+1944+Serviceman’s+Readjustment+Act+also+known+as+the+GI+Bill+of+Rights

Nicole Lamberta October 21, 2008 Block 2 U.S History 2 http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jah/92.3/images/loss_fig06b.jpg __ Profile __ __Name:__ John Keegan __Birthday:__ March 5, 1921 __Interests:__ Basketball and reading __General Information:__ Before he left for war got engaged to girlfriend Kelly Roberts. A year ago, on June 22, 1944 President Franklin Roosevelt proposed the Serviceman’s Readjustment Act; also know as the GI Bill of Rights (U.S. Congress 1). This bill did not discriminate on race or sex (Mason 1). My buddies and I were very interested in it, to be able to use the benefits this Bill of Rights offers. The purpose of the GI Bill of Rights was to help ease our transition of returning. It included direct benefits for unemployment and job assistance, also business and farm loans (Danzer 592). Also my other friend from war Chris, got to get help for his dependents, because of his injury from war (Manson 1). My goal was to go to college, which the government would pay $500 per year for tuition and other school related payments. Also the government gave me and my wife $75 for living expenses and other financial troubles (Manson 1). After college my dream was to start my own business and start a family with my wife. Now a year later, I am still in college and working on making my dream to come true, to form my own business. Already, a year later after the GI Bill of Rights was proposed, 7.8 million veterans went to college or technical schools (Manson 1). This unbelievable amount of enrollment is straining the resources and schools. Some of the schools are running out rooms, teachers, and classrooms. But the good thing about many veterans going to college is that it is reshaping the image of college and helping democratize higher education in America (Mason 1). The GI Bill of Rights also now helps my family with the mortgage. We were able to buy our house without a down payment and our monthly pay is less than rentals. Without the GI Bill of Rights, after from returning from war, I would have never been able to start my life, and my family. __ Works Cited __ Danzer, Gerald, et al. __The Americans__. Illinois: McDougal Littell Company, 2005. Mason, Dave. "GI Bill of Rights." In Jeffries, John W., Katherine Liapis Segrue, and Gary B. Nash, eds. //Encyclopedia of American History: The Great Depression and World War II, 1929 to 1945//, vol. 8. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2003. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. Hunterdon Central Regional High School. 21 Oct. 2008. U.S. Congress. "GI Bill of Rights." //United States// //Statutes at Large,// 78th Cong., 2nd Sess., p. 284-301. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Hunterdon Central Regional High School. 21 Oct. 2008.