3% $50 Adjusted Service Bond of 1945
"This is a very interesting bond that was paid in 1936 to World War I veterans. These instruments were the culmination of a long struggle by many veterans to obtain payment of bonuses promised after the end of World War I. The "Bonus Army," whose march on Washington, DC ended in a contentious melee when regular army troops commanded by then Colonel Douglas MacArthur ousted the protesters from their Washington campground, had long agitated for these bonds to be issued, which they were after approval by Congress in 1936. These bonds were given upon application only to veterans of World War I in an amount based on length of service between specified dates. They were redeemable only by the veteran or his estate, with each bond containing space on the back for four fingerprints from the right hand of every applicant for payment, a feature we have seen on no other government obligation of any kind. The final maturity date was June 15, 1945, The bonds drew no interest unless held for at least one year. Likely because of their issuance during the depths of the Great Depression, and their many restrictions, most all of these bonds were speedily redeemed."
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