Bonus Army

Resources on the Bonus Army

Best, Gary Dean.  FDR and the Bonus Marchers, 1933-1935 (Praeger Publishers, 1992).

Congress Votes a Bonus to World War I veterans

 

Johnstown, PA encampment.  After being summarily forced from the nation's capital in 1932, they landed in Johnstown on the inviation of Mayor Eddie McCloskey. The encampment quickly wore out its welcome.