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A soldier pulls the lead rope of a mule that is struggling to climb back onto a rocky trail.

Army Muleskinners

Army muleskinners assigned to the 5332nd Brigade (Provisional), known as the MARS Task Force, help a mule after it slipped off a trail in Burma during 1945.

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