"The Bonus Army"
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2005-02-08/bonus-army
Guest Host:
Corey Flintoff
Soon after WWI, legislation was passed to pay veterans a bonus of around $1 per day for each day of service. But Congress defaulted on this promise, and gave rise to grassroots movement that had veterans camped out in shantytowns on Capitol Hill. Hear the origins of the Veterans Movement.
Guests
Paul Dickson
co-author, "The Bonus Army" (Pub: Walker & Company); contributing editor at Washingtonian magazine and consulting editor at Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Thomas Allen
co-author, "The Bonus Army" (Pub: Walker & Company); longtime contributor to National Geographic Magazine.
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