The U.S. Army Soldiers were wholly unprepared for what they witnessed when they liberated Holocaust concentration camps; yet they returned humanity to those who had been declared and treated as inhuman.| The Army Historical Foundation
Since its beginning, the U.S. Army, like all other armies of the world, has relied on animals to perform a variety of tasks throughout its history. For many decades, horses and mules served as the primary means of transporting soldiers, artillery, and supplies, whether as cavalry mounts or as draft animals.| The Army Historical Foundation