Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789-2013. Act of June 22, 1944 [Servicemen's Readjustment Act [G.I. Bill of Rights]]
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McFarland, Ernest William "Mac", 1894-1984
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Ernest McFarland "Father of the GI Bill" The son of Oklahoma pioneers, Ernest "Mac" McFarland nearly died from a bronchial infection he contracted while serving stateside during World War I. Military surgeons operated on his lungs, then sent him off to recuperate in a drier climate. "Jobless and homeless," he made his way to Phoenix, where he eventually found work as a bookkeeper in a bank. While other veterans struggled in the postwar economy, the future majority leader thrived in Arizona...
