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I like Jake's explanation best:
It's clearly a picture of a Houyhnhnm 'cowboy' (for lack of a better word) mounted on his trusty Yahoo steed...Probably rounding up those wild Yahoos seen in the background.
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I'm just taking a stab in the dark. However, in WW1 and WW2 the mountain divisions would use mules to carry in thier smaller howitzers in areas where jeeps couldn't drive. If you have a mule that gave birth or was injured I could see where the troops might carry it to bring it along.
As I said, a total guess.
Posted by: Rob B | September 11, 2008 at 08:50 AM
It's clearly a picture of a Houyhnhnm 'cowboy' (for lack of a better word) mounted on his trusty Yahoo steed...Probably rounding up those wild Yahoos seen in the background.
Posted by: Jake | September 11, 2008 at 09:15 AM
Perfect, Jake.
Posted by: gail | September 11, 2008 at 10:30 AM
That's a donkey - not a mule. Donkeys, being smaller than mules, were not used for military transport. I have no alternate explanation but don't think your guess is right.
Posted by: andyc | September 11, 2008 at 05:36 PM
I'm getting that "your ass is mine" vibe.
Posted by: Diana | September 11, 2008 at 06:16 PM
..or maybe that's Dog the Bounty Hunter returning the fugitive Lampwick from Pleasure Island..
Posted by: Jake | September 11, 2008 at 07:23 PM
That soldier's really hauling ass!
Posted by: dorkafork | September 11, 2008 at 09:46 PM
"My ass is grass" ????
Posted by: Diana | September 11, 2008 at 11:23 PM
I am so using that picture...
When I was an enlisted infantryman we used to call ourselves the "packmules of the Army". I think that guy earned the title, however.
Posted by: MAJ (P) John | September 12, 2008 at 01:20 AM
Or, from our own Soldier's Creed - "I will never leave a fallen comrade behind!'
Posted by: MAJ (P) John | September 12, 2008 at 01:27 AM
Another version of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"??
Posted by: Starsky | September 12, 2008 at 08:36 AM
"He's not heavy, he's my burro."
Posted by: gail | September 12, 2008 at 08:41 AM
On a more serious note - if I had to take a guess, I'd say that is from French North Africa. Just my guess from the helmets, terrain and the dude off to the left on the photo - I'd say Algeria, near the Atlas Mountains?
Posted by: MAJ (P) John | September 12, 2008 at 12:47 PM
Well the French Connection might explain it..
Posted by: Jake | September 12, 2008 at 01:26 PM
The enemy probably yelled
"Elevez votre mains!" (raise your hands!)
but the French soldier heard
"Elevez votre ane!" (raise your ass!)
.. and there you go.. You notice the others arent waiving asses, though.
Posted by: Jake | September 12, 2008 at 01:35 PM
"Private Higgs! Get your ass over here!"
Posted by: Steven Stwalley | September 17, 2008 at 10:48 AM
He got it in the ass.
Posted by: Dave | September 17, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Sometimes in war, you just have to save your own ass.
Posted by: Loren Overby | September 17, 2008 at 12:25 PM
In soviet russia, Ass rides you!!
Posted by: mackenzie allen | September 17, 2008 at 01:30 PM
Donkey: WHO'S THE JACKASS NOW
Posted by: Jah | September 17, 2008 at 04:17 PM
Obama hoping to rise above
Posted by: Jah | September 17, 2008 at 04:22 PM
some guys took a pistol home from war...
Posted by: t | September 17, 2008 at 05:12 PM
When faced with hardships, sometimes yuo just gotta save your ass.
Posted by: dash is awesome | September 17, 2008 at 05:52 PM
get your ass up that hill, soldier!!!
Posted by: tammy | September 17, 2008 at 08:16 PM
don't ass, don't tell?
Posted by: tammy | September 17, 2008 at 08:16 PM