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Captain Hilts

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Thu May-15-08 09:54 AM
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5. Under-development is a function of the coal and steel industries and how these employees...

never got drafted so these areas disproportionately missed out on the GI Bill and the economic growth it generated in the 50s and 60s. The bulk of people in the coal mining areas never got out of the mines.

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