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D12037-8
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- 1941-10-20 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Army veterinarian Lieutenant Fred Harris inspects the hoof of one of the horses offered for sale to the U.S. Army at the horse sale held on October 20, 1941 at the Western Washington fairgrounds while Gene Tomchick holds the horse's reins. The army was purchasing horses for the cavalry. Only two of the 35 horses inspected met the army's demanding criteria. They only wanted geldings not less than four nor more than eight years old that were 15 to 16 hands high, weighting 975 to 1,150 pounds. Horses were used in battle by the U.S. Army for the last time in January of 1942. (T.Times 10/21/1941, pg.1)
Harris, Fred; Tomchick, Gene; Horses;