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..General Douglas MacArthur, years before he became famous in World War II, commanded a cavalry charge, one which involved his aide Major Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the saber-wielding Major George S. Patton, as well as tanks, machineguns, and teargas bombs. It was a charge in Washington DC in 1932, and it was against an enemy army of 20,000 US military veterans, and their families, and it was quite serious and even deadly. Patton urged his troops to use their bayonets: "If they resist, they must be killed." This was despite the presence among the veterans of a former soldier who had saved his life in World War I. The details of the charge, what lead up to it, and its eventual beneficial aftermath are told in _The Bonus Army: An American Epic_ (Walker Books) by Paul Dickson and Thomas B. Allen. The Bonus Army, while not unknown in American history books, is largely forgotten and is greatly misinterpreted as being part of the Red Scare of the time. There is fine research here and dramatic recollection of events that fully justify the book's subtitle. ...