Article: GI Bill marks 60th year of helping veterans

Article: James T. Taaffe; World War II Veteran Was the ...
The Washington Post;  March 11, 2008 ;     530 words ... ... a former Veterans Administration official who oversaw the GI Bill benefits program, died of congestive heart disease March 5 ... private pilot before enlisting in the Army Air Forces during World War II. A bomber pilot, Mr. Taaffe was shot down over occupied ...

Article: Ella H. Rowe: [ Age 91 ] World War II veteran ...
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD);  April 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Rasmussen Apr. 24--Ella Harrison Rowe, a registered nurse and World War II veteran who compiled two books on her family's genealogy ... in 1946, Miss Rowe enrolled at Vanderbilt University on the GI Bill and earned a bachelor's degree in nursing in 1949. Eight ...

Article: VETERANS RETURN TO CAMPUS; GI BILL GRADS HONORED AT ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  October 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... the reunion; most went on the GI Bill after World War II or the Korean War. Bradley ... dean emeritus, attended on the GI Bill after the Korean War. He spoke ... many of them married, after World War II, describing the trailer park ...

Article: PRESIDENT OBAMA, VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, VA SECRETARY SHINSEKI, ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 4, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Shinseki. "This Post-9/11 GI Bill has every potential to equally impact ... benefits package since the original GI Bill after World War II." For a timeline of Senator Webb's effort to pass a new GI Bill and other materials from today ...

Article: GI Bill blessings, highway blues
The Boston Globe;  October 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... the Bonus Marchers of World War I. By offering education ... returning soldiers, the GI Bill propelled countless World War II vets into places ... were renters; after World War II, two-thirds were ... VA loans under the GI Bill to buy homes, while ...

Article: SENATE PASSES GI BILL FOR TODAY'S SOLDIERS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Generation" under World War II's "GI Bill." The bipartisan ... sponsored the bill. "The GI Bill of World War II lifted up an entire ... McCaskill said. During World War II, Congress established ... under the first "GI Bill". With the benefits ...

Article: GOV. BLAGOJEVICH, 28 OTHER GOVERNORS URGE CONGRESS TO PASS POST ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... benefits proposed under the Post 9-11 GI Bill are comparable to the benefits offered in the original GI Bill after World War II which provided 7.8 million ... dollars in return. The Post 9-11 GI Bill will provide the same long-term ...