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Modern Troop of Cavalry at Fort Russell Marks Mechanization
Elmo Scott Watson describes a ceremony at Fort S. A. Russell near Marfa Texas where the First Dragoons farewell their horses and become mechanized, featuring Old Lonie the oldest horse and Colonel Watson’s reflections on the transition to tanks and armored cars, with notes on history and future roles of mounted troops.
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