回複千山愚公的評論:
謝謝你的轉貼,我譯自wiki4死1017傷
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army
清楚寫了騎兵團的衝鋒和MacArthur違反總統的停止命令,再次進攻
At 4:45 p.m., commanded by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the 12th Infantry Regiment, Fort Howard, Maryland, and the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, supported by six battle tanks commanded by Maj. George S. Patton, formed in Pennsylvania Avenue while thousands of civil service employees left work to line the street and watch. The Bonus Marchers, believing the troops were marching in their honor, cheered the troops until Patton ordered the cavalry to charge them—an action which prompted the spectators to yell, "Shame! Shame!"
After the cavalry charged, the infantry, with fixed bayonets and adamsite gas, an arsenical vomiting agent, entered the camps, evicting veterans, families, and camp followers. The veterans fled across the Anacostia River to their largest camp and President Hoover ordered the assault stopped. However Gen. MacArthur, feeling the Bonus March was a Communist attempt to overthrow the U.S. government, ignored the President and ordered a new attack.
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海風:你偏信了不知哪個渠道來的扭曲的信息,或甚至是別有用心的謠言。美國政府原答應給老兵一戰津貼,但因為大蕭條,政府又不願給後,老兵們就不斷地示威了。美國軍隊並沒有開槍屠殺向政府要津貼的美國老兵,軍隊隻使用了催淚彈,但就是這樣還是遭到很多美國人的批判。請不要忘了美國人是有權批判政府和官員的。請看Wiki有關這件事的描述:One of MacArthur's most controversial acts came in 1932, when the "Bonus Army" of veterans converged on Washington. He sent tents and camp equipment to the demonstrators, along with mobile kitchens, until an outburst in Congress caused the kitchens to be withdrawn. MacArthur was concerned that the demonstration had been taken over by communists and pacifists but the General Staff's intelligence division reported that only three of the march's twenty-six key leaders were communists. MacArthur and Brigadier General Perry L. Miles, the commander of the 16th Infantry Brigade at Fort Myer, went over contingency plans for civil disorder in the capital. Mechanized equipment was brought to Fort Myer, where anti-riot training was conducted.[77] On 28 July 1932, a clash with demonstrators resulted in two men being shot by District police(注:是警察). President Hoover ordered MacArthur to "surround the affected area and clear it without delay."[78] MacArthur brought up troops and tanks from Fort Myer, Fort Meade, Fort Washington and Fort Howard. Miles was in charge of the operation but, against the advice of Major Dwight D. Eisenhower, MacArthur decided to accompany the troops. The action commenced at 4:30 in the afternoon. The troops advanced with bayonets and sabers drawn under a shower of bricks and rocks, but no shots were fired. In less than four hours, the troops cleared the Bonus Army's campground using tear gas. The tear gas canisters started a number of fire, and caused the only death during the riots. While not as violent as other anti-riot operations, it was nevertheless a public relations disaster[79]
CCC workers constructing a road.In 1934 MacArthur sued journalists Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen for defamation after they described his treatment of the Bonus marchers as "unwarranted, unnecessary, insubordinate, harsh and brutal." In turn, they threatened to call Isobel Rosario Cooper as a witness. MacArthur had met Isobel, a Eurasian woman, while in the Philippines, and she had become his mistress. MacArthur was forced to settle out of court, secretly paying Pearson $15,000.[80]