2019-02-03

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Knowing Better

When the United States acquired the Southwest, it quickly became apparent that horses and mules weren't going to cut it in the desert. So the Army turned to a strange foreign animal for help.

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Thanks to Chubbyemu for reading the old-timey quotes:

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https://armyhistory.org/the-u-s-armys-camel-corps-experiment/

https://books.google.com/books?id=ly05AQAAMAAJ

https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/Directors-Select-Articles/The-United-States-Army-Camel-Corps-1856-66/

https://shoreacres.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/the-ghosts-of-camels-past-from-winsome-to-weird/

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5434056.pdf

https://books.google.com/books?id=bhk7AQAAMAAJ

https://books.google.com/books?id=iczSBcAUC5oC

http://www.helleniccomserve.com/philiptedro.html

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Photo Credits -

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/President-Jefferson-Davis.jpg/601px-President-Jefferson-Davis.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/M1A1_Trophy_Technology_Demonstrator.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Temee.jpg/1024px-Temee.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Dromadaire4478.jpg

https://civilianmilitaryintelligencegroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CamelGun.jpg

https://iblogalot3.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/johnny-depp_tonto.jpg?w=760

https://www.maxpixel.net/static/photo/1x/The-Hoof-Foot-Horse-473094.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Dromedar-Fuss.jpg/1280px-Dromedar-Fuss.jpg

https://armyhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Horses-Eagerly-Quenching-1024x765.jpg

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nataliemaynor/125294385

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/27b0a6993e827cb4970f09f9cf8f1532306d6c4b/c=0-100-853-582/local/-/media/2016/08/09/Phoenix/Phoenix/636063531149742147-BealeCamel30.JPG?width=3200&height=1680&fit=crop

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Quartzsite-Hi_Jolly_Monument-1903-2.jpg/2448px-Quartzsite-Hi_Jolly_Monument-1903-2.jpg

https://www.tripsavvy.com/thmb/lOITISh71U3S2gRPPTo4o3Pig6E=/830x668/filters:no_upscale()/2_camel-56a231203df78cf77273135f.jpg

Video Credits -

Southwest Passage (1954)

Death Valley Days - Camel Train (1957)

Hawmps! (1976)

Star Wars Return of the Jedi (1983)

Oregon Trail Straight to Hell! - Gamez R Hard - https://youtu.be/ZMGLaRvhm2o

Pilgrim.. - ICLAIMTHISNAME - https://youtu.be/9O8oLqY2sxo

Music Credits -

Fife&Drum - When Johnny Comes Marching Home

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Intro/Outro and Background Music by Michael Cotten/Nomad

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