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What was the result when the government did not pay these veterans their bonuses during the Great Depression? What did they do?

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House passes bonus bill for WWI veterans, June 15, 1932. On this day in 1932, the House approved a $2.4 billion World War I veterans’ bonus bill — approximately $32 billion in today’s dollars — sponsored by Rep. Wright Patman (D-Texas). The vote was 211-176

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