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Robert Willard Hartsock (January 24, 1945 – February 23, 1969) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.
1966–1973: About 5,000 US war dogs served in the Vietnam War (the US Army did not retain records prior to 1968); about 10,000 US servicemen served as dog handlers during the war, and the K9 units are estimated to have saved over 10,000 human lives; 232 military working dogs [27] and 295 [28] US servicemen working as dog handlers were killed ...
The Kit Carson Scouts (also known as Tiger Scouts or Lực Lượng 66) belonged to a special program initially created by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) during the Vietnam War involving the use of former Viet Cong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) personnel as anti-guerrilla forces, clandestine operation, combat patrol, and intelligence scouts for American infantry units.
Dogs have been battling alongside their human counterparts in wars for nearly 3,000 years -- how much do you know about these fighters?
On 13 September, Company L, 3/3 Marines was moving onto Mutter's Ridge to replace Company I when a scout dog detected PAVN nearby. The PAVN then engaged the lead platoon and the Marines responded with small arms, mortar, artillery and AC-47 Spooky gunship fire, overrunning the PAVN position and finding eight PAVN dead.
50th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (50th IPSD), 4th Infantry Division [Pleiku] 07 March 1967 - 10 December 1970. Assigned 16 December 1970 to the 2d Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Inactivated 27 January 1983 at Fort Hood, Texas and relieved from assignment to the 2d Armored Division.
Sentry dog/handler posts ("Kilos"s) were assigned forward of the tower (and later bunker) line to patrol between the first and second defense lines to provide early warning of intrusion. [9] At its peak strength in 1970, Phù Cát AB's military war dog section had 66 dogs authorized, [17] and 45 dogs assigned.
Fort Benning was the site of the Scout dog school of the United States during the Vietnam War, where the dogs trained to detect ambushes in enemy terrain got their initial training, before being transferred to Vietnam for further advanced courses. [44]