A soldier performs a hoof operation on a mule at the 30th Veterinary General Hospital at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation on 31 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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1973. '3-31-44. Freeney. Cpl. Lee T. Railsbakc performs a hoof operation while attendants assist and comfort the animal at the 30th Vet. Gen. Hospital at HLMR, Cal. The animal had previously been anesthetized intraveinously and tied. HLMR MTN Man. R168-9-44-725.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Freeney. 31 March 1944

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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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Mules--California
Veterinary hospitals--California
Veterinary medicine--California