March of the Bonus Army

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Documentary, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 10 September 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In the summer of 1932, a group of World War I veterans in Portland, Oregon hopped a freight train and started riding the rails to Washington DC. They were demanding immediate payment of a cash bonus the government had promised them after the war – but delayed until 1945. More than 20,000 veterans and their families arrived in the nation’s capital. They established a tent city and vowed to stay until their demands were met. But, in a historic confrontation, General Douglas MacArthur’s Army troops routed the veterans and burned their camp to the ground. This is the story of the Bonus Army.

See photos of the Bonus Army on our website. http://www.radiodiaries.org/march-of-the-bonus-army/

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