Buying Thousands

In 1914-1918, despite efforts to mechanize the army, animals still provided more reliable and versatile power than motorized vehicles. It was said, and without exaggeration, that nearly anything that moved during the war had a horse or a mule hitched to it!
Hundreds of thousands of animals were purchased in the U.S. and shipped to Europe in the four years between 1914 and 1918.

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