Some of them were also suspected of being involved with the Business Plot, which would have ushered in a Nazi dictatorship. Luckily they approached the wrong general to carry out the plot, but the plan was to use the Bonus Army to do it since they found enough sympathizers to go along with it.
Who knows, though. Had they approached officers in charge of the Bonus Army directly, maybe they would have been rebuffed all the same.
Some of them were also suspected of being involved with the Business Plot, which would have ushered in a Nazi dictatorship. Luckily they approached the wrong general to carry out the plot, but the plan was to use the Bonus Army to do it since they found enough sympathizers to go along with it.
Who knows, though. Had they approached officers in charge of the Bonus Army directly, maybe they would have been rebuffed all the same.
That’s wild, I’ve never heard this side of the story!
The general they approached was Smedley Butler (I forgot to mention). He wrote War is a Racket, which you’ve probably heard of or read.