That, my friend. Is a good question. The Veterans mostly did get GI bills. They of course did get homes (Unless they were stupid) They got them on their own. It's still the USA of course, gotta get stuff done yourself.
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the policy of keeping communism from spreading beyond the countries already under its influence. The policy applied to a world divided by the Cold War, a struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union.
For example look at Vietnam. Thousands of Americans lost their lives due fighting down there. When LBJ was president civilian people and soldiers wanted the US out of the war at any cost. Due to him not pulling them out people started to think that the government wasn’t on their side in this matter or didn’t listen.