G.I. Bill
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A G.I. Bill is a colloquial name given to several pieces of legislation that have provided a range of benefits for American military veterans, particularly education benefits.
President Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill into law on June 22, 1944.
Don A. Balfour was "the first recipient of the 1944 GI Bill." Veterans Administration letter to George Washington University.
A government poster informing soldiers about the G.I. Bill
Bonus Army
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The Bonus Army, a group of 43,000 demonstrators—17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups—gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand early cash
G.I. Bill
…the "Father of the G.I. Bill." It provided immediate financial rewards for practically all World War II veterans, thereby avoiding the highly disputed postponed life insurance policy payout for World War I veterans that had caused political turmoil in the 1920s and 1930s. Benefits included low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business or farm, one…
Members of the Bonus Army camped out on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol building
Cinderella stamp (US, 1932) a privately published sticker (not a postage stamp) supporting the Bonus Army
The B.E.F. camp in the Anacostia section of Washington, D.C.
Walter W. Waters, Commander of the Bonus Expeditionary Force