The Bonus Army

Written By Zach Knight

The US Army tear gassing veteran protestors

In 1932 over 43,000 protestors marched on Washington DC, demanding better treatment and pay for veterans of World War I. President Hoover and the US government responded with violence, tear gassing and shooting the veterans.

MacArthur’s forces tear down the protestors’ camp

Sources:

The book “The Bonus Army: An American Epic” by Paul Dickson and Thomas B Allen

The book “Rethinking the Bonus March: Federal Bonus Policy, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Origins of a Protest Movement" by Stephen Ortiz

PBS documentary March of the Bonus Army

https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-1932-bonus-army.htm

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