Veteran's Rights: Oppression

     Veterans after WWI especially, didn't really have were to go after the war was done and they returned to the US. Most of them did not own a job, because they were mostly forced into the military, especially young people,   and they also lacked education of money to enter college. The following examples will demonstrate the oppression most of them faced after the war was over.
     One example of this "oppression", was the unpaid bonuses a group of veterans claims from the Bonus Act of 1924. The act states that a bonus was provided based on the number of years they served at war. When these bonuses went unpaid, that same group of veterans went marching down to Washington to make claim to the money and economic help they rightfully deserved. Although much of the money went unclaimed, because most of them left when they were not given the money and others were "kicked out" by US troops, this marked a chapter of unrest in the nations capital.
     The following was one example of the many hard times the veterans returning from risking their lives for their country and this is how they get paid in return. On the positive note the GI Bill was later passed and education, which was hard to come by during those times in the US, was offered for those returning from war.