Veterans of Foreign Wars 'Instrumental' in Passing GI Bill
June 19, 2019
June 19, 2019
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 19 -- The Veterans of Foreign Wars issued the following news release:
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- This month marks 75 years since Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
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Future VFW Commander-in-Chief Bernard W. "Pat" Kearney was determined to make sure the original GI Bill came to a vote in May 1944. Kearney, then a representative of New York's 32nd District, knew the salvation of the bill . . .
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- This month marks 75 years since Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
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Future VFW Commander-in-Chief Bernard W. "Pat" Kearney was determined to make sure the original GI Bill came to a vote in May 1944. Kearney, then a representative of New York's 32nd District, knew the salvation of the bill . . .