The War Against the Vets - 9781612349336

The War Against the VetsThe World War I Bonus Army During the Great Depression\nAuthor(s): Jerome Tuccille\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Potomac Books Inc, United States\nImprint: Potomac Books Inc\nISBN-13: 9781612349336, 978-1612349336\nSynopsis\nWho Murdered the Vets? writer Ernest Hemingway demanded in an impassioned article about the deaths of hundreds of former soldiers. Their fate came as part of the larger and often overlooked story of veterans of the Great War and their deplorable treatment by the government they once served.\n\n Three years earlier, under orders from President Herbert Hoover, General Douglas MacArthur led the [url] military through the streets of the nations capital against an encampment of veterans and their families. The vets were suffering the ravages of the Great Depression and seeking an early payment of promised war bonuses. Tanks, troops, and cavalry burned down tents and leveled campsites in a savage and lethal effort to disperse the protesters, res.