The Evolution Of The Gi Bill

Catherine Morris, The Atlantic: Education
Thu, 10/22/2015 - 1:47pm

The Evolution of the GI Bill

Sean Donnellan, a U.S. Army veteran of the Iraq War, is seen in the library on campus at Illinois State University. Seth Perlman / AP When Shannon Travis was stationed at Balad Air Base in Iraq for 14 months, one of her jobs was refueling helicopters. ­The shifts were long, and when there were no helicopters, she and her team had hours of downtime.

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