Eric Carlson
description: World War I US Army veteran Eric Carlson joined the 1932 Bonus March to seek early payment of pension money promised veterans by the government. He was shot during a confrontation between marchers and DC police, who were trying to evict the marchers from their campsites. Another marcher, William Hushka was also shot and died instantly; Carlson died from his wounds within a week of being shot, on the same day that Hushka was buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. Carlson was also buried at Arlington.
creator: Eric Carlson
source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. View original photograph.
coverage: 1920-1949