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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?
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 ...
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.
The center was operated by the US Army Quartermaster Corps. Trained dogs were an important part of the World War II efforts. German Shepherds, Belgian Sheep dogs, Doberman Pinschers, farm Collies and Giant Schnauzers were trained at the center. At the center dogs were trained to be guards, scouts, messengers, mine detectors, sled and pack dogs.
The U.S. Military Working Dog Teams National Monument is a monument to military working dogs located at Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA)-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas.The monument represents handlers, dogs, and veterinary support, from all military service branches (Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard) that have made up the Military Working Dog program since World War II.
The dog was originally named Punch and he was the pet of an RAF pilot who sometimes took the dog on bombing missions. [1] [2] When the pilot didn't return from a mission, his wife sold the dog. [3] Patton's staff purchased the dog on March 4, 1944, in England.
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.