One of its members, Joe Angelo, had previously won the Distinguished Service Cross for saving the life of a soldier who would later attack it.
One of its members, Joe Angelo, had previously won the Distinguished Service Cross for saving the life of a soldier who would later attack it. Organized and led by Walter Waters, its main encampment contained many mock burials symbolic of the perceived governmental indifference towards its members. Its resistance to Attorney General William Mitchell's evacuation order caused soldiers including George Patton to attack it with tear gas, causing its members to retreat across the Anacostia River. Douglas MacArthur then set fire to its main camp after ignoring a direct order from Herbert Hoover. FTP, name this veterans organization that marched on Washington in 1932 to ask for monetary compensation.
One of its members, Joe Angelo, had previously won the Distinguished Service Cross for saving the life of a soldier who would later attack it.
the {Bonus Army} or {Bonus Expeditionary Force}