§ 3451. Purpose

• (1) enhancing and making more attractive service in the Armed Forces of the United States,
• (2) extending the benefits of a higher education to qualified and deserving young persons who might not otherwise be able to afford such an education,
• (3) providing vocational readjustment and restoring lost educational opportunities to those service men and women whose careers have been interrupted or impeded by reason of active duty after January 31, 1955 , and
• (4) aiding such persons in attaining the vocational and educational status which they might normally have aspired to and obtained had they not served their country.