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Mule 08KO, "Francis"

Mule 08KO, "Francis"

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Brenda Elthon
Jun 11, 2021
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Those who knew him, loved him and valued the tireless service he had given quietly under the worst conditions.

But that high regard failed to keep him from being passed from place to place — from army to army — in the east Asian struggles that persisted in the years following the Japanese surrender in August 1945.

Mules get no respect.

Not even a decent na…

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