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  2. Gunner (dog) - Wikipedia

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    Gunner (born c. August 1941-April 30, 1955) was a male kelpie dog who became notable for his reliability to accurately alert Allied air force personnel that Japanese military aircraft were approaching Darwin during the Second World War. [1]

  3. Category:Military animals of World War II - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Military animals of World War II" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  4. Chips (dog) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Dogs in warfare - Wikipedia

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    Another program attempted during World War II was suggested by a Swiss citizen living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. William A. Prestre proposed using large dogs to kill Japanese soldiers. He persuaded the military to lease an entire island in the Mississippi to house the training facilities. There, the army hoped to train as many as two million dogs.

  6. Military animal - Wikipedia

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    Military animals are trained animals that are used in warfare and other combat related activities. As working animals , different military animals serve different functions. Horses , elephants , camels , and other animals have been used for both transportation and mounted attack .

  7. Gander (dog) - Wikipedia

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    Gander (originally Pal, and also known as Sergeant Gander) was a Newfoundland dog who served as the mascot of the Royal Rifles of Canada during World War II.He was killed in action during the Battle of Hong Kong in 1941, and was posthumously awarded the Dickin Medal, the "animals' Victoria Cross", in 2000 for his deeds in the course of that battle. [1]

  8. Wojtek (bear) - Wikipedia

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    Wojtek (1942 – 2 December 1963; Polish pronunciation:; in English, sometimes phonetically spelled Voytek) was a Syrian brown bear [1] [2] (Ursus arctos syriacus) adopted by soldiers of the 2nd Polish Corps during World War II. As a young cub, his mother was shot by hunters, and he was found in the mountains of Iran by a young boy.

  9. Smoky (war dog) - Wikipedia

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    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.