regent
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When times are precarious the military person, and vet are held in high esteem, but when things quiet down the military person and vet seem to lose that esteem. When America began to rearm during the Great Depression, new military camps arose near small towns and signs began to appear in bar windows, "No Dogs or Soldiers." And the WWI vets asking the nation for help, not with a handout but to maybe pay off the promised bonus a little earlier, how were they treated? MacArthur came in with the troops and routed them, I think one vet was killed. How we treat our vets depends....