<P> Bonus Army was the name for an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers -- 17,000 U.S. World War I veterans , their families , and affiliated groups -- who gathered in Washington , D.C. in the summer of 1932 to demand cash - payment redemption of their service certificates . Organizers called the demonstrators the `` Bonus Expeditionary Force '' , to echo the name of World War I 's American Expeditionary Forces , while the media referred to them as the `` Bonus Army '' or `` Bonus Marchers '' . The contingent was led by Walter W. Waters , a former sergeant . </P>
<P> Bonus Army was the name for an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers -- 17,000 U.S. World War I veterans , their families , and affiliated groups -- who gathered in Washington , D.C. in the summer of 1932 to demand cash - payment redemption of their service certificates . Organizers called the demonstrators the `` Bonus Expeditionary Force '' , to echo the name of World War I 's American Expeditionary Forces , while the media referred to them as the `` Bonus Army '' or `` Bonus Marchers '' . The contingent was led by Walter W. Waters , a former sergeant . </P>
who led army troops against protesters in washington d.c. during the summer of 1932
who led army troops against protesters in washington d.c. during the summer of 1932
Walter W. Waters
Walter W. Waters