Featured in camel corpsBYBethaney PhillipsFeb 5, 2023ShareWhy US soldiers once rode camels for transportationIn 1856, a strange – yet exciting – mission took place within America’s fighting force: they rode camels. Not for… BYBethaney PhillipsFeb 5, 2023ShareBYToday I Found OutJan 28, 2019ShareThis is why the US Army had a Camel CorpsCamels have been used as beasts of burden for millennia and the creature is, in many ways, vastly more suited to the task than even the sturdiest of equids. For example, a typical camel can carry in excess of 300 kilos (661 lbs) of supplies without … BYToday I Found OutJan 28, 2019Share
BYBethaney PhillipsFeb 5, 2023ShareWhy US soldiers once rode camels for transportationIn 1856, a strange – yet exciting – mission took place within America’s fighting force: they rode camels. Not for… BYBethaney PhillipsFeb 5, 2023Share
BYToday I Found OutJan 28, 2019ShareThis is why the US Army had a Camel CorpsCamels have been used as beasts of burden for millennia and the creature is, in many ways, vastly more suited to the task than even the sturdiest of equids. For example, a typical camel can carry in excess of 300 kilos (661 lbs) of supplies without … BYToday I Found OutJan 28, 2019Share
