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A Heartfelt Message to Our President
What kind of man is Donald Trump?
http://video.gq.com/watch/the-closer-with-keith-olbermann-a-heartfelt-message-to-our-president?c=series
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Donkeys and World War One
The often overlooked but never forgotten story of the Donkey and Mule in the Great War.
Information from Jill Mather Gallipoli’s War Horses, Waler Book Trust 2014
Stories about mules and donkeys are hard to come by. They are the forgotten ones, simply a means to an end. However without them a soldier’s life in the trenches, help for the injured, and travelling the desert and battlefield would have been impossible.
The Army Mule
Mules required less food than horses. They were more tolerant of extreme heat and cold, and they could go for longer periods without water, critical in battle where clean water was so scarce. Mules were proven to be more resistant to diseases and disease-bearing insects, very low maintenance and seldom needed shoes. Less than half the mules died from infected bullet holes compared to the percentage of horses killed. The first ship of animals departed in November 1914, and in the four half years of war 287,533 mules and 175 jacks were purchased. Mules were branded on their near hindquarter with a 2 inch broad arrow and a letter or symbol denoting their origin. 13,000 Spanish mules were considered especially fine.
The Army Donkey
Donkeys were routinely loaded with at least 3 times their own body weight. Pictures and stories show donkeys carried food supplies, clothing, pots and pans, and of course water while all around them guns still fired, usually under the cover of darkness. Summer was harsh and hot. Water, always rationed, came from Malta red with rust, tasted terrible, and was often laced with chemicals designed to kill the enemy. Wells on Gallipoli were often polluted or dry, so any interruption of the donkeys was considered a crisis. The Gallipoli winter climate was especially hard on donkeys that do not do well in wet muddy conditions.
Donkeys were used to convey the wounded, so large groups of donkeys sporting Red Cross headbands were held in readiness. Grazing was poor and donkeys scavenged for whatever was available.
http://birchhillmemorial.wixsite.com/ww1-ride/donkeys-in-ww1
