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US Army Private with his dog after the Battle for Hill 875 during the Battle of Dak To in the Kon Tum Province, Central Highlands, Vietnam - November 1967

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At Camp Duc Hua (A-351/326) we had a great mascot/watch dog.  Her name was VC as the story I was told was she was with a squad of VC when our people ambushed them.  Someone brought her to the camp and after a while, she would bark and anyone other than an American who came close to our buildings.  I never did find out what happened to her after I left.

 

Larry

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5 hours ago, rtd_sf_eng said:

At Camp Duc Hua (A-351/326) we had a great mascot/watch dog.  Her name was VC as the story I was told was she was with a squad of VC when our people ambushed them.  Someone brought her to the camp and after a while, she would bark and anyone other than an American who came close to our buildings.  I never did find out what happened to her after I left.

 

Larry

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Thank you for your service Larry! I enjoyed seeing your photos of “VC”.

Paul

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General Apathy

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Hi Gunbarrel,

 

just found this one in a book printed in 1945 of US Navy images, a tired Marine and his pup . . . . . . 

 

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cheers lewis.

 

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On 12/30/2006 at 11:15 AM, gunbarrel said:

No. 5...Rin-Tin-Tin III goes to War.

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Welcome to some of the rarest and expensive militaria collecting! Had this one of 1,912. Whole set in my collection. It ultimately went to a museum for 9.5k. Perfect place for it! 

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15 hours ago, Pegasus6 said:

Welcome to some of the rarest and expensive militaria collecting! Had this one of 1,912. Whole set in my collection. It ultimately went to a museum for 9.5k. Perfect place for it! 

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Hiya,  

 

Well I can only say well done,  I owned that mask for forty years and sold it at auction here in France in 2018 / 2019. We exchanged emails when you bought it asking if it was actually the one I sold and shown in my book.  We never really own these things we look after them for the next person, I am pleased that it theoretically should survive for eternity now it's in a museum.  

 

regards lewis.

 

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40 minutes ago, General Apathy said:

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Hiya,  

 

Well I can only say well done,  I owned that mask for forty years and sold it at auction here in France in 2018 / 2019. We exchanged emails when you bought it asking if it was actually the one I sold and shown in my book.  We never really own these things we look after them for the next person, I am pleased that it theoretically should survive for eternity now it's in a museum.  

 

regards lewis.

 

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Mr Lewis,

 

Truly, caretakers “” of items. It went to the https://www.flyingheritage.com museum in Washington State! It will make it for posterity!!

 

I loved having that set. The rest of my war animals items / collection will be going on perm loan to https://animalsinwarandpeace.org/museum being established By Robin Hutton whom has written books “SGT Reckless” and “War Animals”

 

I was able to aquire some rare ID’ed 29th ID normandy worn M1’s after passing this set from you. 
 

Always appreciate the hard work and caretaking you have done and still do Mr Lewis!

 

 VR

MAJ (Ret.) Michael Hart aka Pegasus6

 

 

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Company K 35th Infantry, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1920's

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35th 'Cacti' Infantry Regiment, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1930's

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“Scuttlebutt” mascot of a U.S. Navy minesweeper in the San Diego area, July 3, 1943. He is being shown given his ID and being logged in. (Official U.S. Navy photograph)

 

 

 

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On 5/6/2023 at 12:50 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

Company K 35th Infantry, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1920's

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Wow! That doggie reminds me of my sweet Gunji boy! 

mikie

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One Pvt Dick L. Powell and unit puppy 35th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division  Korea March 12, 1951,

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Great story about Sinbad. There is a tradition of morale dogs in the Coast Guard. I was stationed at a somewhat remote USCG Loran Transmitting station, Hokkaido, Japan for most of 1989.  There were at least three dogs at this station. They had the run of the place, with the exception of the mess deck. We had an SS1 and a Japanese civilian cook. The dogs were scared of the latter, and would not so much as break the plane of the doorway with their noses. - you can just make out part of our 600 foot antenna in the back right of the photo. 
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There were no more than 25 Coasties here, with a LTJG officer in charge, a Warrant, and a couple of chiefs, a DC, a Corpsman, a bunch of ETs, a few MKs, an SK, and a half dozen .non rates.
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The dogs would simply latch on to someone who liked dogs, and that guy would take care of it til his year was up. Of course the dogs wanted to be outside, so they would wander off with anyone going for a walk or what. There was a beach less than a mile from the station that was great for beach combing after storms. The dogs were always up for the beach. They would go to work with us as well.

Here is Brutus in the Timer room where we monitored the signal, and sent and received comms.

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Emergency fuel storage with morale dog “Bobo” and friends in the foreground

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Time to get back to work. 
Rob

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