。lnth THE BONUS ARMY uner An American Epic marc imm sed them ·lnJ ）- 1964 nilies with soldi wn by h shac Paul Dickson and Thomas B.AllenBonus Expeditionary Force (BEF), 1932 • In the desperate summer of 1932, 1,000 unemployed First World War veterans marched to Washington D.C., to demand immediate payment of the bonuses payment of the bonuses promised them in 1945. • In July, General Douglas MacArthur (1880– 1964) confronted the veterans and their families with cavalry, tanks, and bayonet–bearing soldiers. Men and women were chased down by horsemen; children were tear–gassed; shacks were set afire