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Oprah’s 106th Book Club pick, 'Familiaris,' mentions the "Dogs for Defense" WWII training program—but did you know that family dalmatians and poodles made it to the front lines?
Dogs for Defense was a World War II US military program in which the military asked pet owners to donate their pet dogs to the war effort. The dogs were trained and used for guard and patrol duties. To encourage donations, the dogs were deprogrammed and returned to their families after the war.
The US Army ended the land lease on November 1, 1944. The land was built in to family homes in the 1950s. [1] San Carlos War Dog Training Center was one of five US Army dog training centers. The center was operated by the US Army Quartermaster Corps. Trained dogs were an important part of the World War II efforts.
Chips (1940–1946) was a trained sentry dog for United States Army, and reputedly the most decorated war dog from World War II. [1] Chips was a German Shepherd-Collie-Malamute mix owned by Edward J. Wren of Pleasantville, New York. [2] He was bred by C.C. Moore, and was the son of Margot Jute, a half collie, half German shepherd, and Husky, a ...
In February 1944, Smoky was found by an American soldier in an abandoned foxhole in the New Guinea jungle. She was already a young adult Yorkie (fully grown). The soldiers initially thought the small dog belonged to the Japanese, but after taking her to a nearby prisoner-of-war camp they realized she did not understand commands in Japanese or English.
Old timers remember a lot of Sinbad look-alikes in the Barnegat Light area during the 1950s, which goes to show that retirement for a four-legged Coastie after World War II sure had its perks.
Life on the home front during World War II was a significant part of the war effort for all participants and had a major impact on the outcome of the war. Governments became involved with new issues such as rationing, manpower allocation, home defense, evacuation in the face of air raids, and response to occupation by an enemy power.
Captain Loxley's Little Dog And Lassie The Life-saving Collie: Hero Dogs of the First World War Associated With The Sinking of H.M.S. Formidable. Burgress Hill: Diggory Press. ISBN 978-1-905363-13-1. OCLC 62306949. Burnam, John C. (2006). Dog Tags of Courage: Combat Infantrymen and War Dog Heroes in Vietnam. Lost Coast Press. ISBN 978-1-882897 ...