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A veteran registering for classes at Millersville State Teachers College, Millersville, PA, circa 1946.
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World War II veteran, holding his young baby while his wife looks on, registers for classes at Millersville University, 1940s. Seated at the registration table is Esther Lenhardt, who retired in 1951. Other men stand in the registration line.

Credit: Courtesy of Millersville University, Helen A. Ganser Library, Archives and Special Collections

After the end of World War Two, former servicemen, often with young families in tow, returned to college campuses with educational benefits provided by the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, better known as the G.I. Bill.

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