Veteran 7-23-2020

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ABOUT VETERANS ISSUES, ORGANIZATIONS, EVENTS AND OUR MILITARY HEROES

VOL. 8/ISSUE 38

THURSDAY • JULY 23, 2020

Give us our due

35 CENTS

Veterans’ July 28 eviction and Florida deaths started march to better treatment

On July 28, 1932, police acting on White House demands moved in against veterans demanding immediate payment of unremitted compensation from their time in the American Expeditionary Forces. The veterans dubbed themselves the Bonus Expeditionary Force. Their violent eviction from Washington D.C. followed three years later by the deaths of 250 veterans working on the Overseas Highway in Florida was the turning point for veterans to get better treatment. - Photo courtesy of the National Archives and Records


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