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<p class="MsoNormal">One story my father had recounted was that big Austrian estate owners (think Baron von Trapp) had imported some tracked Holts or Bests prior to WW1. Came a time when the Americans and allies were trying to figure out how the other side
was moving their artillery at night. It was those tractors.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We got the 17 year old to drive the geezers to the picture show a couple of nights ago. We saw that movie “1917”. I did not see any tractors in it but it did have a tank stuck in a trench. It would have been nice to see a big tracked Holt
with the single front wheel dragging a big artillery piece around. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I and the 17 year old discussed the dead horses lying around. It was my position that they were used in place of a tractor to move artillery.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I loved the singing. The song, “Poor Wayfaring Stranger”, gave the movie a Bluegrass feel which was IMO a little out of place to the plot, but beautifully done.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">One of the English speaking troops was a Sikh wearing a loosely wrapped turban. A blue collar Sikh I know at work wears a turban that appears to be a bandana.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Davis_Tillman#%22I_Am_a_Poor_Wayfaring_Stranger%22">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Davis_Tillman#%22I_Am_a_Poor_Wayfaring_Stranger%22</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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