FDR signs G.I. Bill

On this day in US history, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the G.I. Bill, an unheard-of act of legislation designed to compensate members of the armed services for their efforts in WWII on June 22, 1944. Part of the New Deal Reforms, the bill was created to avoid a potential relapse of the Great Depression after the troops came home. The American Legion pushed heavily to acquire these provisions on the bills, and they were successfully funded programs like unemployment compensation and funding education for GIs.