I was sent an email with a link to an event that happened in 1932. It was a video of the newsreel of the Bonus army of WWI vets that marched on Washington and was subsequently attacked; attacked by some who became our heroes of WWII. The sender had not heard of this. I had it in history, right here in little old Rockport High School back in the early 1950’s (population 1750 at that time). I thought everyone of my age, or near my age, had heard about it. If you haven’t, read this Wikipedia link for information on the event and watch that video.
Well, I had been thinking a lot about this because of all I’ve been reading online about the many top leaders of the military who are being let go for one reason or another. Surely some of these are legitimate reasons but there have been too many to think we have that many miscreants in charge of our armed forces. There are so many articles on this I will just link to the Bing search page for it. Take your pick on what to read.
Another thing I have been reading about is about FEMA camps and the militarization of the police. There are so many links to these FEMA camp articles that again I am linking to a Bing search page, take your pick on what to read on this one, too.
Now for what I think about this. The early 1930’s had a population and an army of veterans who were not as well educated as we have now. I have heard many were rejected because of bad eyes, really bad and missing teeth and many other health considerations most of which were caused by poverty. Many of them did join the army as a way to make a living. That was probably true until the draft was done away with. Now when you hear people go into the army for an escape it isn’t true, they are not illiterate or under educated. There are some really stringent rules, regulations and IQ tests before you can join. they actually reject quite a few for misdemeanors and not passing the literacy or IQ tests. It really is an all volunteer and fairly well educated military.
As for whether the generals would actually fire on veterans, I have shown links to the military getting rid of top personnel. Is this why? I don’t know, but I really do wonder about it. With the advent of the tea parties and the Oath Keepers it is a real question to be asked. There was no such thing back in that day. People tended to follow the government orders just because they were from the government. Many still do but there are far more who would question an order like that. They are more educated and aware of the consequences.
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I doubt history would repeat itself. How many did Nixon have to fire? We are still commemorating what happened at Kent State. And, we have the Oath Keepers, for more about them go here and here. For some they seem too radical, for others they seem to be a port in the storm of the trashing of the constitution and the threat of the FEMA camps. Whatever you may think of them, their intentions seem to be honorable.
