Jul 31, 2012
Private Grady Hogue, Okinawa, April 1945 by Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections on Flickr.
Via Flickr: The caption on this photograph reads "Okinawa Horse Marine-This Texas Leatherneck lost no time in roping a bronc after his unit hit the beach at Okinawa. Astride this Japanese version of a Shetland pony, Marine Private First Class Grady C. Hogue, of Brounsboro, Texas, is ready for the push to the interior of that island on the doorstep of Japan." From the Photograph Collection (COLL/3948), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH