{"id":58,"date":"2023-08-15T15:36:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T15:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalexhibits.syr.edu\/gibill\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2023-08-15T16:05:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T16:05:58","slug":"syracuse-university-in-wartime","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalexhibits.syr.edu\/gibill\/syracuse-university-in-wartime\/","title":{"rendered":"Syracuse University in Wartime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Syracuse University in Wartime\n<\/span><\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n

During World War II, the Navy and Army would send some of their servicemen to colleges and universities before combat. Most colleges were reluctant to accept them, but Syracuse University welcomed the military to its campus. Chancellor William Tolley called for Syracuse to be a \u201cVictory University.\u201d The University provided training to Air Corps cadets, the Army Specialized Training Program, Women\u2019s Auxiliary Corps Officers, the Navy V-12 Program, and the Cadet Nursing Corps. Syracuse University even created a War Service College which offered a pre-induction course for military service, war industry training for women and those not eligible for the draft, and continuing civilian education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 1945, there were over 8,000 servicemen and women on campus. This open-door policy helped pave the way for the thousands of veterans who would enter Syracuse University to study under the GI Bill after the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nCover and pages 18 and 19 of Syracuse University Bulletin, War Service College, 1943-1944<\/em>. Syracuse University World War II Collection, University Archives<\/a>. <\/b>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n
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