Few events in the history of man have had such a world-wide impact as the enactment of the law whose purpose was to reintegrate the returning Us soldiers from Ww Ii. The colloquially-known ‘Gi Bill’ recognized that a generation of young men who had had to postpone their education and careers for the fight against Nazism and Fascism, would need assistance to be reconnected with these personal endeavours. It was promulgated to ease the acquisition of required skills by the veterans, from which skills it was recognized that both they and the country’s economy would benefit. ( The abbreviation G.I.’s was used as a generic term for Us soldiers during World War Ii because of the Government Issued clothes, weapons and everything else they used whilst in the armed forces.) This Bill provided a wide-ranging package of benefits to returning Ww Ii veterans. Amongst these were low-cost mortgages, low interest business loans, payment of tuition and living expenses whilst attaining high school and university qualifications, vocational training and so forth. By the time the Gi Bill was repealed in 1956, over nine million young Americans had been trained in all disciplines, and were ready and willing to lead a world which – unlike the Us – was still rebuilding its societies and infrastructure. Many of them, including younger compatriots who grew up in the Gi Bill era, would make lasting, positive contributions to those parts of the world where they were sent.
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Learning that apartheid South Africa unsettled some Americans to the extent that they would work in that country was enlightening. The reader is familiarized with Dr. Handron, a remarkable and selfless American who taught the disenfranchised at a boys high school in South Africa. Botswana would later also be a recipient of his benevolence. The author does an exceptional job in painting a vivid picture of Dr. Handron’s formative years in USA. The reader is treated to a rich historical, political and cultural narrative of USA and SA. It is an informative read for anyone with wanderlust, just wish I had purchased the edition with color pictures!
About the Author
Thabo Seseane was born in Kimberley, there spending the next four years of his life. He spent eight esteem-sapping years near Johannesburg before being returned to his grandmother’s in Kimberley as a half-literate semidelinquent. There, he and others were transformed by another who had a similar story.
Ni matukio machache katika historia ya binadamu ambayo yamekuwa na athari kubwa duniani kote kama vile kuanzishwa kwa sheria ambayo lengo lake lilikuwa kuwaleta askari wa Marekani waliorudi kutoka Vita Kuu ya Pili ya Dunia. "Kulingana na sheria ya ""Gi Bill,"" kizazi cha vijana ambao walikuwa wamelazimika kuahirisha elimu yao na kazi kwa ajili ya mapambano dhidi ya Nazi na Fascism, watahitaji msaada ili kuunganishwa tena na juhudi hizi za kibinafsi." Sheria hiyo ilitolewa ili kuwawezesha maveterani kupata ujuzi unaohitajika, ambao uligunduliwa kuwa utafaidi wao na uchumi wa nchi. "G.I.S. ilikuwa jina la kijeshi la kijeshi la Marekani wakati wa Vita Kuu ya Pili ya Dunia, kwa sababu ya ""vazi, silaha na kila kitu kingine walichotumia wakati wa vita.""" Muswada huu ulitoa mfuko mkubwa wa faida kwa maveterani wa Vita vya Pili vya Ulimwengu wanaorudi. Miongoni mwao walikuwa mikopo ya nyumba ya gharama nafuu, mikopo ya biashara ya riba ya chini, malipo ya masomo na gharama za maisha wakati wa kufikia sifa za shule ya sekondari na chuo kikuu, mafunzo ya ufundi na kadhalika. Kufikia wakati Bill ya Gi ilipofutwa mnamo 1956, zaidi ya vijana milioni tisa wa Amerika walikuwa wamefundishwa katika taaluma zote, na walikuwa tayari na tayari kuongoza ulimwengu ambao - tofauti na Marekani - bado ulikuwa ukijenga upya jamii na miundombinu yake. Wengi wao, ikiwa ni pamoja na vijana wa nchi yao ambao walilelewa katika enzi ya Gi Bill, wangetoa mchango wa kudumu, mzuri kwa sehemu hizo za ulimwengu ambapo walitumwa. "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika makala ya ""Five Star Review on Amazon"" ya Nefertiti, ""kujifunza kwamba utawala wa ubaguzi wa rangi Afrika Kusini uliwafanya baadhi ya Wamarekani wasiwe na amani hadi walipoamua kufanya kazi katika nchi hiyo kulikuwa jambo lenye kuelimisha." "Hadithi ya Dr. Handron, ""Mmarekani wa ajabu na asiye na ubinafsi ambaye alifundisha watu waliopoteza haki zao za kupiga kura katika shule ya sekondari ya wavulana nchini Afrika Kusini.""" Baadaye, Botswana pia ilipata fadhili zake. Mwandishi anafanya kazi ya kipekee katika kuchora picha ya wazi ya miaka ya malezi ya Daktari Handron nchini Marekani. Msomaji hutendewa kwa hadithi tajiri ya kihistoria, kisiasa na kitamaduni ya USA na SA. Ni usomaji wenye kuelimisha kwa yeyote mwenye tamaa ya kusafiri, laiti tu ningalinunua toleo lenye picha zenye rangi! Kuhusu Mwandishi Thabo Seseane alizaliwa katika Kimberley, huko alitumia miaka minne ijayo ya maisha yake. Alitumia miaka minane ya kudhoofisha heshima karibu na Johannesburg kabla ya kurudishwa kwa nyanya yake huko Kimberley kama nusu-mhalifu asiyejua kusoma na kuandika. Huko, yeye na wengine walibadilishwa na mwingine aliyekuwa na hadithi kama hiyo.