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WWI veterans were treated very badly too
Tent cities, promised war bonuses not given, they were homeless, hungry and not given what they were promised. The Fat Cat US Businessmen tried to prevent FDR's election by exploiting their misery.
The rich businessmen (people like JP Morgan) tried to snooker a very popular general who came up thru the ranks into leading WWI veterans in a rebellion so they could pull off a coup. General Smeldly Butler played dumb and pretended to go along with the plan to get more info on what they were doing then he blew the whistle on them before Congress.
Really good book:
The Plot To Seize The White House
by Jules Archer (Author)