Depression 1932, 'Bonus Army' March On DC- Broke WWI Vets Try To Cash War Bonds, Gen Sm. Butler: PBS [View all]

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- PBS. This is an ugly piece of American history that has been swept under the rug. Very few people know about this shameful event where the US Army, led by some of the most revered heroes of WWII, were turned on the veterans of WWI in the streets of Washington, DC.

- The Bonus Army, National Park Service, https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-1932-bonus-army.htm

- The Bonus Army March on Washington, summer, 1932.

- Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, c. 1929.

- Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler and the Business Plot to Overthrow FDR in 1933.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler

- When The Bankers Plotted To Overthrow FDR, NPR, 2012,
https://www.npr.org/2012/02/12/145472726/when-the-bankers-plotted-to-overthrow-fdr

- The Business Plot, Putsch, Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler.