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Bonus Army 1932: MacArthur's Tanks, Adamsite Gas and Joe Angelo's Snub
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World War I veterans came home with a $60 discharge payment. In 1924 Congress passed the World War Adjusted Compensation Act over the veto of Calvin Coolidge, who had argued that patriotism bought and paid for is not patriotism. The act credited $1 a day for domestic service and $1.25 a day…