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hounddoghowlie
reply to post by HomerinNC
it does doesn't it.
who knows, it could be true or not. like i said could just be urban legend.
but as far as all that i've read i tend to think it's true. maybe the writer of the film heard the story too.
SecretWeapon
hounddoghowlie
reply to post by HomerinNC
it does doesn't it.
who knows, it could be true or not. like i said could just be urban legend.
but as far as all that i've read i tend to think it's true. maybe the writer of the film heard the story too.
According to the Library of Congress website the bonus army incident really did happen. Here is the link:
www.loc.gov...
hounddoghowlie
reply to post by ItCameFromOuterSpace
yep, patton loved a good fight.
Ironclad2000
hounddoghowlie
reply to post by ItCameFromOuterSpace
yep, patton loved a good fight.
He would have jumped at the chance to go into battle against a marching group of mothers pushing prams, and would have taken no prisoners.
He and the rest of them were douchebags, regardless of how Hollywood portrays them.
hounddoghowlie
sorry son, Patton and the rest of em were highly respected long before hollywood ever thought of trying to make a buck off of their names.
Theirs was a miserable lot, alleviated somewhat by the beneficence of the city's superintendent of police, Pelham Glassford, himself a war veteran.
Glassford pitied the beleaguered itinerants and solicited private aid to secure medical assistance, clothing, food and supplies. During a May 26 veterans meeting, Glassford suggested they officially call themselves the Bonus Expeditionary Force. Adopting the name — which was commonly shortened to Bonus Army — they asked him, and he agreed, to serve as secretary-treasurer of the group. Working together, Waters and Glassford managed to maintain enough discipline and order in the ranks to ward off eviction. Glassford likely hoped that the horde would eventually lose interest and return home, but Waters had other ideas. 'We'll stay here until the bonus bill is passed,' Waters told anyone who would listen, 'till 1945, if necessary.' He staged daily demonstrations before the Capitol and led peaceful marches past the White House. President Herbert Hoover refused to give him an audience. The 'Bonus Army' War in Washington
In any case, Secretary of War Patrick Hurley had had enough. On July 28 he ordered Glassford to immediately evacuate the occupied buildings, which were scheduled for demolition to make way for new government offices. The veterans stubbornly refused to budge. For whatever reason, Glassford and his police officers became the target of bricks and stones, and one officer suffered a fractured skull. As the melee got out of hand, an angry veteran, apparently feeling that Glassford had betrayed the Bonus Marchers, tore off the chief's gold police badge. Fearing for their safety, police opened fire, killing one veteran and mortally wounding another. The 'Bonus Army' War in Washington
reply to post by gladtobehere
Many wonder if the military would move against the people.
On July 21, with the Army preparing to step in at any moment, Glassford was ordered to begin evacuating several buildings on Pennsylvania Avenue, using force if necessary. A week later, on the steamy morning of July 28, several Marchers rushed Glassford's police and began throwing bricks.
Conspicuously led by MacArthur, Army troops (including Major George S. Patton, Jr.) formed infantry cordons and began pushing the veterans out, destroying their makeshift camps as they went. Although no weapons were fired, cavalry advanced with swords drawn, and some blood was shed. By nightfall, hundreds had been injured by gas (including a baby who died), bricks, clubs, bayonets, and sabers.
hounddoghowlie
On July 21, with the Army preparing to step in at any moment, Glassford was ordered to begin evacuating several buildings on Pennsylvania Avenue, using force if necessary. A week later, on the steamy morning of July 28, several Marchers rushed Glassford's police and began throwing bricks.