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The GI Bill: A Generation Goes to College

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MORTGAGE
The GI Bill's low-interest home loan program helped fuel a postwar housing boom, and by 1955 nearly 4.3 million veterans had used it to buy a home.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
TUITION
The original GI Bill covered tuition up to $500 per school year, enough at the time to attend many universities in full, plus a monthly living stipend.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
DIPLOMA
By 1956, roughly 2.2 million veterans had used GI Bill benefits to attend colleges and universities across the country.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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GI Bill word search, free, nothing to install. On June 22, 1944, one signature turned a generation of veterans into college students and homeowners.

About The GI Bill: A Generation Goes to College

On June 22, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, quickly known as the GI Bill, into law. It offered returning veterans low-cost mortgages, tuition payments, and living stipends that made a college degree a genuine possibility for millions of American families. Campuses that had been quiet during the war years filled almost overnight with students carrying textbooks and a hard-won sense of purpose.

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