GI Bill of Rights in the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs: the Gi Bill
Introduction to GI Bill of Rights
The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, popularly referred to as the GI Bill of Rights, provided unemployment and education allowances and home, farm, and business loans for millions of World War II veterans. The GI Bill program currently also covers men and women who served in the armed forces between 1955 and 1976, but a limit has been placed on the period in which the program’s benefits can be used after discharge. Loans for houses, condominiums, and mobile homes, however, are available indefinitely; men and women who served in the armed forces starting in 1940 and their unmarried surviving spouses are generally eligible. Entitlement to such loans can be reestablished as well, so this benefit may be taken advantage of more than once.” (1)
Resources
Notes and References
- Information about GI Bill of Rights in the Encarta Online Encyclopedia
Guide to GI Bill of Rights
In this Section
Federal Departments, Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense (including Department of Defense Purpose, Department of Defense Organization, Department of Defense Liaison of Command and Department of Defense Supporting Agencies), Department of Education, Department of Energy (including Department of Energy Purpose, Department of Energy Organization and Department of Energy Research and Development), Department of Health and Human Services (including Department of Health and Human Services History and Department of Health and Human Services Agencies and Services), Department of Homeland Security (including Department of Homeland Security Organization and Functions, Department of Homeland Security Origins and Department of Homeland Security Supporting Agencies), Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Justice (including Department of Justice Functions, Department of Justice Structure and Department of Justice Associated Agencies), Department of Labor, Department of National Defence, Department of State (including Department of State Administration and Department of State Bureaus), Department of the Air Force, Department of the Army, Department of the Interior (including Department of the Interior Functions and Department of the Interior Principal Agencies), Department of the Navy, Department of the Treasury, Department of Transportation, Department of Veterans Affairs (including the Department of Veterans Affairs Service Categories, Department of Veterans Affairs Benefits Available and GI Bill of Rights) and Department of War.