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Originally Posted by Pete
I remember in the mid-70s there were thousands (it seemed like) of the critters in the motor pools fronting Gruber Road down in the Division Area. You'd have 4/5 mules and a conex, 4/5 mules and a conex on and on down the road. Same with the Goats.
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in the 70s, the motor pools that fronted Gruber Road belonged to 1/17 CAV, 4/68 AR and 307 EN...we (the 307th) used to borrow parts from our treaded brethren...each squad had a mule and a gamma goat...we also had one 2 1/2 ton dump truck per platoon and two in the company HQ...618th LE had a buncha mules too...
i seem to recall the mortar platoons in 4/68 and 1/17 had mules as well...at some point, the mortars, the gun jeeps and the Sheridans went from 1/17 to 4/68...
of course, 4/68 had the 114s as well...
we used to drag race mules in the motor pool during lunch...
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