Bonus+Army



The Bonus army was an assemblage of 43,000 marcherswhich was made up by World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups, who protested in Washington, D.C., in spring and summer of 1932. The war veterans wanted cash payment of Service Certificates granted them eight years earlier via the Adjusted Service Certificate Law of 1924. The problem was that the certificates matured twenty years from the date of original issuance and because of this, the Service Certificates were un-redeemable until 1945. Walter W Waters, a former army sergeant, lead the Bonus Army and they were encouraged by a retired U.S.M.C. Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler. Unfortuantly, the Bonus Army could not defeat the U.S army and were stil denied their pay President Hoover.

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