The Bonus Army March. Omnibus. A quarter of the population was unemployed during the 1930s Depression in USA. A look at the 20,000 strong Bonus Army March, led by Walter W. Waters, ...

Washington tends to make history in its corridors, not in its streets. One consequential exception is said to be the Bonus Army fiasco of 1932, during which President Herbert Hoover loosed federal ...

Feature; April 22, 2009; The Bonus Army Scares Mr. Hoover The Bonus Army Scares Mr. Hoover President Hoover’s slim chance at re-election probably ended with his heavy-handed treatment of the ...

The Bonus Army. Witness History. In the summer of 1932, tens of thousands of impoverished First World War veterans marched on Washington to demand a bonus they'd been promised for their part in ...

When World War I veterans returned from overseas, they were promised a cash bonus for their service — but they wouldn't get their money until 1945. Then the Great Depression struck.

The Bonus Army. As World War I drew to a close in 1918, millions of American veterans returned home to the promise of a cash bonus — compensation for their overseas service.

In summer 1932, thousands of American First World War veterans marched on Washington ...

Bonus Army In the summer of 1932, thousands of jobless, hungry World War I veterans came to Washington, D.C. demanding early payment of bonuses due to be paid in 1945.