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Old 08-08-2011, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Pooka View Post
Horses were last used in combat by US forces during WW 1.
I'm not sure that's correct. I have knowledge of horses being used in WWII. Read on:

The father (now passed) of one of the members here was in the mounted cavalry and once regaled me with a story about being deployed to the Philippines during WWII. Their mounts were coming from Australia and, when the horse ship was within sight of land, was torpedoed by the Japanese and sank. A month passed before more mounts could be procured and shipped to them.

Unfortunately, these new mounts were green.

Mr. Moody explained to me the comprehensive process in which the cavalry breaks green mounts. It starts with the command: "Mount up!!"...after which begins the world's largest rodeo.
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