The Bonus Army. As World War I drew to a close in 1918, millions of American veterans returned home to the promise of a cash bonus — compensation for their overseas service.

In 1932, World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C., to demand payment of a bonus. The violence that ensued helped Franklin Roosevelt become president. Paul Dickson is co-author of a book ...

The Bonus Army protests of 1932 led to the GI Bill more than a decade later. Vietnam veterans not only protested the war in Southeast Asia, but two veterans—Sens. John McCain and John Kerry ...

The Army’s Military Intelligence Division thought that Communists were deeply involved in the efforts and J. Edgar Hoover, the new FBI director, was intent on proving that the Bonus Army was ...

In the Military Veterans Special, which originally aired on December 24, 2024, and was repeated on Tuesday, July 8, as part ...

The bedraggled Bonus Army, made up of war veterans, gathers on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., after a long march down Pennsylvania Avenue, July 5, 1932.

Effective Sept. 9, Soldiers willing to reenlist in some of the Army's most in-demand careers have the chance to receive up to $81,000 in lump-sum bonuses -- the highest amount in more than five ...

Most of the payments for the year so far — 47.4 billion rubles ($451.5 million) — went to the army, while approximately 1.13 billion rubles ($10.8 million) went to new National Guard members. The ...

There are 12 jobs on the list that the U.S. Army will award a signing bonus of six figures. Top dollar is going to anesthesiologists ($600,000), psychiatrists ($500,000), ...