Pbs: American Experience: Mac Arthur: The Bonus March (May July, 1932)

As part of the American Experience film on General MacArthur, this article explains the plight of the World War I veterans who marched on Washington in 1932 to claim their war bonus--which they needed due to the Great Depression--only to be routed out of the city by the U.S. Army at the command of President Hoover.