Actors Tony Curtis, Rod Steiger, Walter Matthau and Harry Belafonte, cartoonist Art Buchwald, Nobel prize winner Martin Perl, NASA engineer Dan Herman, historian William Leuchtenburg, former Senator Bob Dole, economist Andrew Brimmer and millions of othe r American men and women benefitted from the G. I. Bill of Rights, legislation giving World War II veterans access to education, housing and business loans. This PBS documentary by Karen Thomas describes how the G. I. Bill changed not only their lives, b ut the nation. Narrated by Cliff Robertson. Closed captioned.