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Show School-Minded Korean Veterans Urged to Make Early Application i Post-Korea veterans, released from military service before Aug. 20, 1952, should start making plans now if they intend to enroll en-roll in Korean G I Bill training before a fast-approaching deadline, dead-line, Veterans Administration warns. Under the law, these veterans actually must begin training before be-fore this coming Aug. 20, In order to continue afterward. For many veterans, summer tctms in school getting under way in about two months will be their last chance to start Korean Ko-rean G I training In time. Next fall's school terms begin too late. It doesn't pay to wait until the last minute before taking action, ac-tion, VA emphasized. Once a veteran has decided to train under the Korean G I Bill, he must choose the school and course he wants. He must make certain that the course is G I approved. ap-proved. Any VA regional office can furnish him information on thiis point. Then he must be sure that the school will accept him for training- His next step is to file an application ap-plication for Korean G I Bill training with the VA, or with the approved school in which he wishes to enroll. Prompt Action Necessary Since all these steps take time, .veterans should act promptly to avoid disappointment. For veterans requesting VA counseling to help them decide on an objective and a training-program, training-program, prompt action Is a "must," the counseling process adds still another step that is necessarily time consuming. VA reminded veterans that the Aug. 20 deadline applies to veterans vet-erans planning to take on-the-job training, as well as to those v.ho intend to go to school. This August cut-off date applies ap-plies only to veterans who left the service on or before Aug. 20, 1952, VA said. Veterans separated after that time have two years from the date of their separation in which to begin Korean G I training. The law requires that a veteran vet-eran must "enroll in and begin" training on or before his deadline, dead-line, if he wants to go on with it afterward. The mere filing of an application beforehand, with the Intention of starting later, Is not enough. These cut-off date rules apply only to veterans planning training train-ing under the Korean G I Bill. They do not pertain to veterans enrolled under the original World War II G I Bill. |