A U. S. serviceman shooting a diseased mule outside Kunming, China in 1945
Gift of Hiram Vance Boone, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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U. S. serviceman shooting a diseased mule in the head with pistol. "Lt. Shortt shooting mules outside Kunming, China, several hundred destroyed. Sgt. Ben Richards holding mule, hidden beneath Shortt. Big Swede and two other unknowns to the right." Kunming, China, 1945
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$120.00
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Hiram Vance Boone was born 26 February 1921 in Marion, Virginia. He was inducted into the Army on 23 September 1943 and was posted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma for artillery training where he underwent basic training, working specifically with the 75mm pack howitzer and mules. He would receive additional training at Camp Gruber in Oklahoma and mountain training at Camp Carson, Colorado before shipping out to the CBI Theater.
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Kunming
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25.067
Longitude:
102.683
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Mules--China
Soldiers--American--China