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*[http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/WWII/mules_of_mars.htm The Mules of Mars] by 1st Lt. Don L. Thrapp, Q.M.C.''The Quartermaster Review'' May-June 1946. The Mars Task Force in Burma, 1944, USA Army
*[http://www.lrgaf.org/military/mules.htm Mules for China] by Captain John A. Rand. Some were selected from other elements of the Mars Task Force
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5845146/Major-Victor-Warren.html Obituary of Major Victor Warren] 16 Jul 2009 ''The Telegraph''. In 1943 he commanded an Indian mule company which journeyed by train from the foot of the Khyber Pass to Karachi, sailed to Iraq and then made a 600-mile march through northern Syria to Tripoli in Lebanon; finally, it landed in Italy in 1944 to play a vital role in supplying forward infantry units with ammunition and blankets at the battle of Monte Cassino.
*WW2Talk Forum [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/49469-mules thread] on mules, in Italy, where Sikh muleteers are mentioned, and Burma. (Images only available to [[Mailing lists#Military| logged in members ]] of WW2Talk Forum)
*Video: [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060030433 Evacuation of "special force" mules and men by waterborne craft made especially for the occasion] Burma WW2 contains some images of mules. Imperial War Museums
*Details of a reprint edition by DP&G Publications of [http://www.military-naval-history.co.uk/pages/Artillery%20&%20Ordnance%20Collection.htm ''Handbook for the Q.F. 3.7-Inch Mark 1 Howitzer On Marks 1 and II & III Carriages, Land Service 1930''] (Scroll down). "With detailed instruction and photographs of Mule carrying & Packsaddlery... Covers and shows in photographic form the full packing and transport of this gun by Mule. With good quality close up photographs of the saddlery , loads on the Mules, method of harness & pulling of assembled load plus all the Gun parts & its assembly".
*Details of a reprint edition by DP&G Publications of [http://www.military-naval-history.co.uk/pages/artillery.htm. ''The Military Mule in the British Army and Indian Army''] PartI I. Over two hundred years of invaluable service by Brian Nicholls. Part II. Indian army animal transport mule by Philip Malins Part III. Mountain artillery mule by Charles Macfetridge. Available at the Imperial War Museums.
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