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The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators – 17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups – who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates.
The Bonus March: An Episode of the Great Depression. (Greenwood 1971), ISBN 0837151740, a major scholarly study of 1932 episode; online; Dickson, Paul, and Thomas B. Allen. The Bonus Army: An American Epic. (Walker, 2004) ISBN 0802714404. Scholarly study of 1932 episode. Dickson, Paul, and Thomas B. Allen.
The Bonus Army protesting on the U.S. Capitol steps on Jan. 2,1932. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesThe Bonus Army March is a forgotten footnote of American history.
In 1932, while Patton continued his path on his famous military career, Angelo had returned to civilian life. He was unemployed and suffering along with many other veterans from the effects of the Great Depression. As a result, he joined the Bonus Army movement of First World War veterans demanding monetary compensation for their roles in the war.
The Bonus Army lived in shantytowns like this during the summer of 1932. Pictured is the Anacostia Flats camp, directly across from the Washington Navy Yard. ... In May 1932, WWI veterans ...
On June 17, 1932, the Bonus Army (about 17,000 World War I veterans and 26,000 of their family members and affiliated groups) had established a Hooverville shanty town on the Anacostia Flats area of Washington, D.C. [10] On July 28, the U.S. 12th Infantry Regiment commanded by General Douglas MacArthur and the 3rd Cavalry Regiment (supported by ...
Pelham Davis Glassford (August 8, 1883 – August 9, 1959) was a United States Army officer who attained the rank of brigadier general during World War I.He later served as Superintendent of the District of Columbia Police Department, and was held responsible by the Board of Commissioners for the District of Columbia for the violence that ended the 1932 Bonus Army protests.
As Twain might have acknowledged, the comparison isn't perfect — among other differences, the Bonus Army attack occurred on July 28, 1932, in the middle of the presidential campaign, while the ...