U.S. servicemen and local Chinese boy near U.S. Army mule and jeep in China in 1945
Gift of Hiram Vance Boone, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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U.S. servicemen and local Chinese boy near U.S. Army mule and jeep. One serviceman looks though microscope set up on crate. "China. 1945. Testing mules outside of Kunming for disease. Pictured: Sgt. Baxter Mason, far left; Big Swede with hands on hip. With mule Sgt. Richards. To right of mule with hands on hips, Sgt. Weaver." 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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Zhonghua
Latitude:
35.000
Longitude:
105.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Mules--China
Soldiers--American--China
Microscopes