The New GI Bill: It's a Win-Win Proposition

By JAMES WRIGHT

When I was a youngster in the Midwest in the years after World War II, many people still called Memorial Day "Decoration Day," acknowledging its roots as a national day of mourning for the Union soldiers who had died in the Civil War. After World War I, the day became a time to honor all those who had died in uniform. For the past several years, however, it has been an occasion to remember the men and women who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to think of our obligations to those who