TODAY IN HISTORY
1932: Army Chief of Staff Gen. Douglas MacArthur sends infantry, cavalry and tanks to clear WWI “Bonus Army” protesters out of Washington, D.C. Maj. George Patton leads the cavalry; Maj. Dwight D. Eisenhower acts as a liaison with the police.
1914: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. It’s the start of World War I.
1965: Lyndon B. Johnson announces American troops in Vietnam will increase from 75,000 to 125,000.
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