17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
MacArthur, whose aide was Eisenhower. MacN
U.S. troops (regular army, not state Guard units) being used within the U.S. against U.S. citizens was the action by Hoover against the strikers/rioters and "Hooverville" residents in D.C., circa 1930. Hoover sent in Army troops, led by either Gen. Pershing, as I recall (and maybe Patton and/or Eisenhower...my CD-ROM encyclopedia is not handy, and a Web search on some of the terms didn't quickly show any hits of direct relevance, and I don't have the time to do more searches).