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...GI recovering from his wounds in an Army hospital anywhere in England in the six months following D-Day knew the words Lichfield and Kilian as well as he knew the location of the nearest pub. Through the far-reaching military grapevine came unbelievable tales about the guardhouse at the Tenth Depot and of the colonel in command. Former pass from the Lichfield base would continually warn their buddies: "Keep your nose clean when you get there." They beat prisoners there, they told you, and some guys died from the beatings. To those who wondered why nothing had been done...
...only other Crimson representative to place was Dave Murray, who was second in the javelin throw, an event in which the winner, GI Milt Kodash, set a new meet record with a heave of 193 feet, 9 inches...
...qualms concerning this proposal. Exactly such a system operates at Radcliffe, and nobody has accused that institution of having co-educational tendencies. And from the point of view of economy and convenience for students, the advantages would be particularly welcome in these days of high living costs and stretched GI allowances...
...doing so the University recognizes the inadequacy of GI Bill benefits, for the Cambridge area, at least. Since the $65 per month allowance does not even cover room and board, veterans have been forced to add to the government stipend from their own pcket...
Close on the heels of the passage of the GI Bill of Rights and Public Law 16, under which veterans are allowed educational benefits, 173 veterans enrolled in the University for the winter term 1944-1945. These first ex-GI's were registered in 18 departments including 60 in the College, 15 in the Freshman class, 35 each in the graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Law School. Most of them were from the Army, although the Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and the Canadian and Mexican armies were represented. Only a few had been in service overseas...