This mule of the 35th Quartermaster Corps Pack Train will transport 160 lbs of rations 4 miles at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation on 23 March 1944
U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift in Memory of Maurice T. White, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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"3-23-44. Ecklund. This mule of the 35th QM Corps Pack Train, 4th Platoon, has 4 cases of 'C' Ration, weighing a total of 160 lbs, which will be transported 4 miles to the 323rd Inf Regt in Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, Calif. Mules were loaded at 89 D.S.A. Only 3 cases of 'C' rations are the prescribed load under G.I. regulations. HLMR MTN Man. 168-9-44-680." Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Ecklund. 23 March 194
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From the collection of Maurice T. White, Captain in the 168th Signal Photographic Company, US Army Signal Corps. The collection consists of 2,000+ images of training exercises, predominantly documenting the 81st Infantry Division in the United States in 1944
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Fort Hunter Liggett
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35.917
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121.250
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Military rations--California
Mules--California
Soldiers--American--California