Canadian Army Mules, Italy, 1943-1945
Canadian Army Mules in the Second World War
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(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3582752)
Saskatoon Light Infantry soldiers with their Universal Carrier and a mule carrying supplies, Italy, 9-18 October 1943.
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(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3396001)
Pioneer platoon of the Royal Canadian Regiment watering their mules near Regalbuto, Italy, 4 August 1943.
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(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3516221)
Personnel of the Pioneer Platoon, Support Company, Royal Canadian Regiment, using mules to transport supplies near Regalbuto, Italy, ca. August 1943.
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(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3192304)
Privates W.H. Rose and R.M. Stuart walking with mule loaded with mortars, Terreti, Italy, 3 September 1943.
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(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3724216)
Sapper W.N. Brebeau moving equipment by mule in Italy
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Canadian mule train through the damaged Italian town of Regalbuto, Sicily, in 1943.
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Mule Train, Italy, c1943.
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(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3238413)
Quartermaster Sergeant F.C. Nelson, Three Rivers Regiment, and an Italian muleteer leading a mule pack team along a snow-covered mountain road, Italy, 27 February 1945.