The Bonus Army scandal was not an example of government run amok, but rather of quick-thinking officials standing resolute in the face of revolutionary activity sponsored from abroad. How do we know this? One of the lead organizers admitted it.
John T. Pace was a Communist Party operative assigned as an organizer for the Workers’ Ex-Servicemen’s League of Michigan. The League was a veteran’s organization created and controlled by the Communist Party. Pace worked with the League’s unemployment council but quickly rose through the ranks to other duties.
I don't have a link to the full post, but there's a "free post" to get you through the paywall. In any case, just knowing that Commie's name is probably enough to follow up on.
I've never studied it closely enough to come to any conclusion, but there is another view on it probably worthy of evaluation:
The 1932 Bonus Army scandal was always communist propaganda (8/29/2023)
I don't have a link to the full post, but there's a "free post" to get you through the paywall. In any case, just knowing that Commie's name is probably enough to follow up on.