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Show Free Schooling For ForVeterans ForVeterans ForVeteransSo Veterans VeteransSo So many people are asking askmg for formformatIon forinformation forinformation mformatIon information as to how veterans veteranscan veteranscan veteranscan can get free schooling schoolmg from the thegovernment thegovernment thegovernment government that it seems advls advis advlsable advisable advisable able to discuss the rules set up upby upby by the Veterans to carry out the intent mtent of the GI GIBill GIBill Bill of Rights " states Congress Congressman Congressman Congressman man Walter K Granger All of ofthIS ofthis ofthis thIS is important for those thou thousands thousands thousands sands already released from fromserVIce fromservice fromservice serVIce and the thousands re released released released leased weekly who want fur further further further ther educationVeterans educationVeterans education educationVeterans Veterans desiring deslrmg further ed educatIon education education ucatIon or specialized speclahzed trammg training trammgmay trainingmay trainingmay may apply to the Veterans ad admmlstratIon administration administration mmlstratIon ministration office for his reglOIl re gion-foc.JJtahns gionfoc.JJtahns gion foc.JJtahns focJJtahns glOIlfor.li.tahns glOIl- glOIl - - _ ( for.li.tahns forli.tahns forlitahns . , . . tahns . the address 15 is 15A isA isA A E Littlefield Veterans Ad AdmInistration Administration Administration mInistration Salt Lake City ) to tothe tothe tothe the Veterans administration admmistratIon for forthe forthe forthe the region reglOn m the state where he heplans heplans plans to study or directly to the theschool theschool school he desires to attend Any Anyof Anyof of these offices will supply the theveterans theveterans theveterans veterans with application apphcatIon form form1950 1950 which must be filled out outand outand outand and approved by the Veterans VeteransadmInistration Veteransadministration Veteransadministration admInistration before the gov government government government ernment will begin begm to pay hisexpenses hIS hISe hisexpenses hisexpensesIf e .penses penses expenses > . expensesIf .pensesIf If the veteran is eligible for Itrammg ( training he may attend only ac- ac accredited accredited ac accredited - credited school of his choosmg choosing choosingIt choosmgIt It might IDlght be high school college collegeor , , or trade school He may tram tramto tramto tramto to be a doctor , , lawyer engmeer engineerteacher , teacher tradesman etc He may mayattend mayattend mayattend attend school from one to fourl fourlyears four fouryears years at government expense expensedependmg expensedepending expensedepending dependmg depending on his length expenseI of ser serVl.e service service I Vl.e Vle vice ( . and progress in m school If Ifapproved Ifapproved Kapproved | approved for these benefits hIS hIStUItion histuition histuition , tUItion and laboratory , lIbrary library.health libraryhealth . , I bookssupplIes bookssupplies books 'supplies supplies ' health and infirmary fees Ihealth supplIes and all actual schoolcosts school schoolIcosts schoolcosts costs up to $500 500 $ will be paId paIdThen paidThen paidThen Icosts Then he/will he will he.WIll heWIll . / receive as veteranstudent veteran I I'I | ' student an allowance of $50 50 $ per permonth permonth , perlmonth perl 'I I 'Istudent month if he is single smgle plus $25 25 $25la $25a 25a $ a month if he is married or has hasdependents hasdependents hasdependents dependents helIT'ust from which he hemust hel herrust la IT'ust ITust must ' pay his board lodgmg lodging lodgmgand lodgingand lodgingand and personal expensesThere expensesThere expenses expensesThere There are of course some re restrictions restnctions I IstrlctIons strlctIons strictions as to who is 15 entitled entitledto to these benefits A veteranmust veteran veteranmust veteranmust must have served 90 days smce since smceSept sinceSept sinceSept Sept 15 1940 or if he served servedless servedless servedless less than 90 davs days he must have havebeen havebeen havebeen been discharged because of a aservice aservice erVlce service connected disability He Hemust Hemust Hemust must be an honorably dIS dIScrarged discharged discharged crarged charged veteran Any veteran veteranwho veteranwho veteranwho who qualifies as to length ofservice of ofserV1ce ofservice serV1ce service and discharge is entitled entitledto to the refresher or retammg retaining retammgcourse retainingcourse retainingcourse course up to one year regard regardless regardless regardless less of age If a veteran was over 25 when he entered the service servicehe servicehe he must show that his education educationwas educationwas was Interrupted or delayed by byhis byhis his going gomg into the service , if he hewants hewants hewants wants more than one year of offree offree offree free schooling schoolmg |