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As of 1990, army engineers built bridges and roads in
rural
areas, and consideration was being given to a more
vigorous civic
action role for the military in general. Agricultural work
was
excluded, however, because farming was thought to result
in loss
of military skills.
After World War II a very small number of veterans
received
vocational training or loans to establish farms;
businesses with
more than ten workers had to employ a quota of veterans.
In the
early 1950s, training programs were discontinued. In the
early
1960s, plans to establish industries for ex-servicemen
foundered.
However, an Education Corps was set up to provide
rudimentary
reading and writing skills in English to recruits during
their
first six months in uniform. As a result, virtually all
exservicemen found employment after service. No information
was
available concerning civilian employment of thousands of
veterans
since the 1970s.
Data as of June 1991
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