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To: TigersEye
The press ran a list of casualties the next day that included one marcher who was shot to death by police and 26 veterans, 15 residents, 11 police officers, five soldiers and one news photographer who had been hospitalized.

Thank you for confirming what I've been saying.

This reference you cite actually states only one man was killed by police, rather than two.

When I first looked in to this many years ago, I found the book:

B.E.F.: The Whole Story of the Bonus Army (Amazon link)

by Walter W. Waters (Wikipedia entry for Waters)

BEF stands for Bonus Expeditionary Force and Waters was one of the organizers.

His book was published in 1933 and did not make any claims of the Army firing on them.

There's no reason for your attitude.

211 posted on 03/11/2013 12:04:17 PM PDT by ifinnegan
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To: ifinnegan
About two hours later, four troops of cavalry, four companies of infantry, a mounted machine gun squadron and six whippet tanks lined up on Pennsylvania Avenue near 12th Street. Some of America's greatest military minds were on hand. MacArthur, the commander, was there with Maj. Dwight D. Eisenhower and one of his officers, George S. Patton Jr.

That is what you're making excuses for and you think I can't be taken seriously? You're a miserable excuse for a human being.


212 posted on 03/11/2013 12:21:58 PM PDT by TigersEye (The irresponsible should not be leading the responsible.)
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