During the Great Depression, the United States teeters on the brink of revolution. And as the summer of 1932 approaches, a charismatic hobo leads twenty thousand homeless World War I veterans into the nation's capital to demand their service compensation. Here is the epic story of political intrigue and betrayal that culminated in the only armed clash between two American armies under the same flag. The events are told through the eyes of Hebert Hoover, Douglas MacArthur, Pelham Glassford, Walter Waters, Floyd Gibbons, Joe Angelo, Ozzie Taylor and Anna Raber.