One early brutal response was the govt ordering the military to clear WW1 vets from DC, they were there requesting early payment of their WW1 service fee. The former soldiers were desperate, homeless and out of work as it was the middle of the Depression.
Hover ordered General Butler to remove them, he refused. McArthur and Eisenhower agree to with McArthur leading the effort. McArthur burned the camps, used tear gas and when the soldiers retreated he followed them, killing more of them.
One early brutal response was the govt ordering the military to clear WW1 vets from DC, they were there requesting early payment of their WW1 service fee. The former soldiers were desperate, homeless and out of work as it was the middle of the Depression.
Hover ordered General Butler to remove them, he refused. McArthur and Eisenhower agree to with McArthur leading the effort. McArthur burned the camps, used tear gas and when the soldiers retreated he followed them, killing more of them.
This link has video of the camps, the charge and the aftermath. https://www.military.com/video/specialties-and-personnel/veterans/us-military-attacks-war-veterans-1932/3212552459001
I was never taught this in school. Amazing. Thank you for this!
You're welcome and one of our greatest heroes of all time is General Smedley Butler. I came across him for the first time a few years ago.
THIS guy was amazing. https://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/portraits/major-general-smedley-butler
Did you know that there was a plot to over through FDR, Butler stopped it, see this link https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Navigation/Community/Arcadia-and-THP-Blog/September-2018/Smedley-Butler-and-the-1930s-Plot-to-Overthrow-the
He became an antiwar activist, this is his book, free to download
https://archive.org/details/war_is_a_racket_1903_librivox
I never knew how bad it really got in the 60's. Honestly makes 2020 look like child's play.