(4) The Bonus Army: How a Protest Led to the G.I. Bill, “All Things Considered,” NPR, November 11, 2011. The following year, Gen. Butler gave a speech about his military service, saying “I ...

The Bonus Army: How A Protest Led To The GI Bill Occupy Wall Street protests have sprung up in cities across the U.S. — and around the world. The common denominator between them is protesters ...

But they didn’t get it, and this was during the Great Depression. The soldiers, known as the “Bonus Army,” mounted a massive sit-in near the Capitol, which set the stage for a big change in American ...

It's a form of protest ... promised bonus. They went down to the railroad yards, with a bugle and an American flag, and hopped onto freight trains. They called themselves the Bonus Army.