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The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (G.I. Bill) has been acclaimed as one of the most influential pieces of legislation ever past. Interviews with seven World War II veterans, the first veterans eligible to receive this benefit, are the essence of this book. Participants talk about their pre-war families, military experience, post-war life, and the influences the education provision of the G.I. Bill had on their live-course.

Marvin Castagna spent twenty-six years working within U.S. Military communities. He was a Red Cross Director in Vietnam, an active duty soldiers in Europe, and an Education Services Officer in the Middle East. Mr. Castagna returned to college in 2002. At first he meandered through the catalog taking a myriad of unrelated by "of interest" classes. In 2004 he began to focus his academic interests. Mr. Castagna received a Ph.D. degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2009. This book is an off-shoot of his dissertation research.