MacArthur's Army Attacked America's Veterans - July 28, 1933

from The Daily History Chronicle · host Richard G Backus

In 1932, the U.S. Army turned tanks, cavalry sabers, and tear gas on twenty thousand unarmed World War I veterans camped in the nation's capital, demanding a bonus Congress had already promised them. Douglas MacArthur, George Patton, and Dwight Eisenhower all took part in an operation that ignored a direct presidential order, and none of their reputations tell the full story of what happened that day.

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