Perhaps it was as he watched the cavalrymen pull out on foot that he made a decision: They would never again mount their horses in battle. Before the war, he had insisted that horses remained the “fastest and most reliable means of movement yet produced, considering all types of terrain, all conditions of weather, and all of the many difficulties that may arise because of failure of supply.” But those same three factors—terrain, weather, and supply—had forced a reevaluation. “The jungle terrain of Bataan in a defensive situation was no place for horse cavalry,” wrote a fellow officer privy to
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