Posted on Jul 30, 2017
The veterans were desperate. Gen. MacArthur ordered US troops to attack them.
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Would you follow these orders?
" At 4 p.m., more than 200 soldiers on horseback, sabers drawn, descended on Pennsylvania Avenue from 15th Street and headed toward the Capitol. They jabbed at everyone in their path, veterans and bystanders alike.
The infantry followed, donning gas masks and lobbing tear gas. The tanks rolled behind the cavalry.
With brutal efficiency, they cleared the Pennsylvania Avenue camp, then headed for the communist encampment. Tanks rolled over shacks. Occupants set fires, then ran with belongings."
" At 4 p.m., more than 200 soldiers on horseback, sabers drawn, descended on Pennsylvania Avenue from 15th Street and headed toward the Capitol. They jabbed at everyone in their path, veterans and bystanders alike.
The infantry followed, donning gas masks and lobbing tear gas. The tanks rolled behind the cavalry.
With brutal efficiency, they cleared the Pennsylvania Avenue camp, then headed for the communist encampment. Tanks rolled over shacks. Occupants set fires, then ran with belongings."
The veterans were desperate. Gen. MacArthur ordered US troops to attack them.
Posted from stripes.com
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Posted 7 y ago
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SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. roger that my friend, that was one dark part of his legacy, I have trouble accepting. My goodness it was rough back then during the depression. Good read/share!!
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Not a good day for MacArthur or the United States. Federal troops should never have been involved.
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