HEROES: Last Short Mile

In 1918 some 1,300,000 U. S. citizens got to France, went to the front, actually fought Germans. Some 3,500,000 additional citizens behind the lines performed less dangerous duties in the armed forces of the U. S. For the last 15 years the political agents of 3,500,000 veterans have been engaged in a combat to get cash from the U. S. Treasury. They already had: 1) their pay of $1 per day or more; 2) their $60 discharge bonus; 3) their transportation allowance home; 4) benefits from cheap Government life insurance; 5) free...

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