American RadioWorks documentary: From Boots to Books: Student Veterans and the New GI Bill
House authors Edith Nourse Rodgers of Massachusetts and John Rankin of Mississippi look on as President Roosevelt signs legislation popularly known as the "GI Bill of Rights.
Photo courtesy of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
This American RadioWorks documentary explores how the GI Bill of 1944 revolutionized the lives of millions of young veterans, institutions of higher education, and American society at large. But America's economic and academic systems have changed, and veterans today are returning to a very different reality than their predecessors.
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