Pegasus6 Posted April 2, 2018 Share #351 Posted April 2, 2018 Hey All, Updating my wardog information to go along with some of the pieces I have. Looking to see if anyone has come across information/pictures of the following: • Team 1 - USMC - Dog breed Dobberman (per newspaper article on Iwo) name – "Hans" per newspaper article on Iwo dated 5 march) – handler Corporal George P. Goderre – Served Guam (per silver star) & Iwo Jima (per newspaper dated 5 march) - fates unknown • Team 2 – Branch unknown – Dog breed believe to be German Shepard) – Handler Fritz Regelmann (maybe misspelled) Served at location unknown- Fate KIA Collar sent home notifying of KIA with memorial collar and plate tag engraved “ Duke” Von Altweid 43 Betsy Williams Drive Cranston. R.I. Fate of Handler or any other information unknown. (Was this a standard practice sending collars with names engraved back to families?)I can post a picture of this later. Thanks for any assistance everyone! great thread!!! -Peg6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpath Posted April 2, 2018 Share #352 Posted April 2, 2018 USAF 377th SPS K-9 PROVEN IN COMBAT South Vietnamese Beer Can Crest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 3, 2018 Share #353 Posted April 3, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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willysmb44 Posted April 3, 2018 Share #355 Posted April 3, 2018 b.jpgdd34e7fc6.jpgIs it just me or did those two 'Nam pup shots make any of you stop and stare at them for a moment? There's just something about the looks on the men's faces. As a former soldier myself, I wonder who to feel the most pity for; the men or the pooches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincennes Posted May 27, 2018 Share #356 Posted May 27, 2018 This comic strip appeared in the Tulsa World today (Memorial Day). Some of you may have seen it, but I am posting it for people who do not get Red & Rover in their local newspaper. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted May 28, 2018 Share #357 Posted May 28, 2018 Here's a better version of that Memorial Day cartoon from yesterday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincennes Posted October 6, 2018 Share #358 Posted October 6, 2018 This could go into the Book Report section or in this section. I just finished reading "The Dog Who Could Fly" by Damien Lewis (Atria Paperback, 2015). The book is illustrated with a few B&W photos. It is about a Czech gunner flying with the French Air Force who was shot down in 1939 over the German front line. He and the French pilot escape and he rescues a German Shepard puppy and takes it back to France. When the French surrender he joins the RAF as a gunner and takes the puppy with him on flights over enemy terretory. The book covers his many assignments in the RAF and how he and the dog get along. Both survive the War and the dog lives until 1953 and dies of old age at 14. There is obviously a story there. After-all the dog was awarded the Dickin Medal (the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross) by the British. But the story was ruined (for me) by the presentation the author chose. It could have been a very interesting book except that the dog is portrayed as a "Super dog". He can detect German aircraft coming to bomb their home base even before radar can detect them, he can warn his master of bombs coming down, he can track his master through busy city streets totally by scent, he can run down a train to catch up with his master, etc. Also the author tells you what the dog is thinking about all the time (as if he knows). Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 7, 2018 Share #359 Posted October 7, 2018 Good stuff Vincennes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted September 22, 2019 Share #360 Posted September 22, 2019 . War Dogs . . . . . . . . . . . this is a children's book that has been handed down in my family since WWII, I believe it to be a fictitious story, printed during WWII. The storyline is of the dog flying in the aircraft with his owner Squadron-Leader Leeson and crash landing in German occupied Holland and helping the Squadron-Leader escape capture and safely back to Britain. lewis. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted December 11, 2019 Share #361 Posted December 11, 2019 I'll start with the one that prompted this topic. . Hi GB, this has become a pretty diverse thread covering all periods of dogs used in the military, I just spotted this documentary about dogs used in Viet-Nam so I thought it might fit in here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewwu4nVGu-8 regards lewis. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn Posted August 11, 2020 Share #362 Posted August 11, 2020 A couple of the Air Force dogs (and their handlers) who were working the gate with us. The kennel master let us do some training with them which was pretty fun, and educational. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted August 11, 2020 Share #363 Posted August 11, 2020 Heres a nice patched mascot dog jacket i recently found..late 50s-early 60s era...mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otter42 Posted April 26, 2021 Share #364 Posted April 26, 2021 Bivouac troops 140th TDTB San Antonio, TX. 10-20-1944. Have had this photo for many years and was looking at it closely yesterday and what did I find... yep dog on the hood of a jeep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otter42 Posted April 26, 2021 Share #365 Posted April 26, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog Posted December 7, 2021 Share #366 Posted December 7, 2021 1955 U.S. Army ~ Scout Dog Platoon. Discipline in scout work is strict for both men and dogs. Lieutenant Howard Pettit take precaution that his own dog, “Junior”, does not display too much affection becoming what he terms “a lap dog.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog Posted December 9, 2021 Share #367 Posted December 9, 2021 The 42nd Infantry Scout Dog Platoon. The platoon was with the 26th Inf Reg of the 1st Infantry Division (The Big Red One) Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog Posted December 10, 2021 Share #368 Posted December 10, 2021 U. S. Army 1st Cavalry Division Qui Nhon (Operation Irving) South Vietnam 1966 ~ Three frightened looking women huddle together as they are guarded by a G.I. and his Scout Dog as they sweep thru a village. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog Posted December 10, 2021 Share #369 Posted December 10, 2021 U. S. Army 50th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog Posted December 10, 2021 Share #370 Posted December 10, 2021 The 42nd Infantry Scout Dog Platoon. The platoon was with the 26th Inf Reg of the 1st Infantry Division (The Big Red One) Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog Posted December 11, 2021 Share #371 Posted December 11, 2021 NOT LICKING HIS WOUNDS Vietnam 1968 ~ “USMC Scout Dog stayed with his wounded U.S. Marine master when the Marine was evacuated by helicopter after an assault on South Vietnamese Hill 471 outside the Khe Sanh combat zone.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog Posted December 24, 2021 Share #372 Posted December 24, 2021 The 42nd Infantry Scout Dog Platoon . The platoon was with the 26th Inf Reg of the 1st Infantry Division (The Big Red One) Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 24, 2021 Share #373 Posted December 24, 2021 Good stuff Bulldog, thanks for posting these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyhistorian01 Posted December 30, 2021 Share #374 Posted December 30, 2021 A recent find that I thought I would never come across. War Dog Manual 1943 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 7, 2022 Share #375 Posted January 7, 2022 On 12/30/2021 at 2:47 AM, kyhistorian01 said: A recent find that I thought I would never come across. War Dog Manual 1943 . Hi kyhistorian, Neat find on the war-dogs manual, found these two images in a WWII magazine last night. . regards lewis. .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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