WW 1 Bonus Army DC Protest attacked by Generals Patton, Mcauthur,

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Anyone ever study this?
I thought it very unusual for such heroes as these generals would attack their own fellow comrades, some of whom saved their life in war,


he 'Bonus Army' Storm Into Washington The ‘Bonus Army’ Storm Into Washington In 1932 World War I veterans seeking a bonus promised by Congress were attacked and driven out of Washington, D.C., by troops of the U.S. Army under the command of Douglas MacArthur, Dwight D. Eisenhower and George Patton.

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opps,

 

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That was 1932. The vets there were demanding immediate redemption of bonuses that came due in 1945, so it's not a case of "The eevil gubmint refused to pay what they owed them."

I would agree that Hoover made a bad choice in ordering the camp cleared. He should have let winter handle it. They would have left.

They came back in 1933. FDR offered to give them CCC jobs, even if they were too old and/or married, and that settled that.