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D10937-19
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- 1941-03-07 (Creation)
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Pvt. Charles W. Arnold, of the 98th Field Pack Artillery, learns first hand the meaning of the phrase "stubborn as a mule." The event was the 3rd Division Review and Exhibition for Washington's newly elected Governor, Arthur B. Langlie on March 7, 1941. The review began with straight lines of military men marching in step, followed precisely by 1800 pieces of mechanized equipment, followed by the braying, bucking confusion of the 98th's mules- a crowd pleaser. The mule unit had been formed only the previous summer at Fort Lewis. There were only four others like it in the US. The mules were to be used to go places that mechanized equipment could not. They would also carry artillery and supplies for the troops fighting behind enemy lines. (T. Times 3/8/1941, pg. 8)
Mules; Fort Lewis (Wash.); 98th Field Artillery (Pack) Battalion (Ft. Lewis);