G.I. Bill: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	G.I. Bill of Rights • Servicemen’s Readjustment Act
Date	1944
Location	United States

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill at his Oval Office desk, surrounded by ten men and one woman, June 22, 1944.

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