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Colleges hope new GI bill will lure veterans to campus
Jun 6 2008, AP

When Walter Hendricks returned home from France in 1946 to start a college on his Vermont farm, 35 of the first 50 students were fellow GIs _ young men experienced beyond their years, eager to learn, and grateful for a peaceful place to do so.Sixty-two...

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