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Npr: Soldier Against Soldier: The Story of the Bonus Army

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Listen to an NPR interview with author Paul Dickson, whose book, The Bonus Army: An American Epic, recounts the demands of World War I veterans and the violence against them at their encampment in Washington, D.C. There is also a short video of contemporary newsreel showing the Army attacking the Bonus Army to take back the area where the Bonus Army had camped.

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