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And from another war...

 

RIP SERGEANT STUBBY

Sergeant Stubby, World War I hero, lives on at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

 

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Pvt. Lupe Chavez, left, of Albequerque, New Mexico, and Corp. George H. Willington, right, of Rome, Georgia, both medics attached to an infantry unit in France, take time out to treat a canine victim of the ravages of war, Carentan, France, 7-10-44. Signal Corps photo via National Archives

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According to the original caption: The only dog that has jumped into combat with U.S. airborne forces. The dog's owner is Lieutenant Peter Baranowski of New Britain, Conn., 506 Parachute Infantry Regt., 101st Airborne Division, Octocer 17, 1944. Signal Corps photo via National Archives

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Pvt. Lupe Chavez, left, of Albequerque, New Mexico, and Corp. George H. Willington, right, of Rome, Georgia, both medics attached to an infantry unit in France, take time out to treat a canine victim of the ravages of war, Carentan, France, 7-10-44. Signal Corps photo via National Archives

 

There is a special place in heaven for those guys. Thank you for posting this wonderful picture.

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According to the original caption: The only dog that has jumped into combat with U.S. airborne forces. The dog's owner is Lieutenant Peter Baranowski of New Britain, Conn., 506 Parachute Infantry Regt., 101st Airborne Division, Octocer 17, 1944. Signal Corps photo via National Archives

 

Beautiful dog! Look at that stare. Thanks, again! :thumbsup:

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U.S. Navy SEAL, Mike Forsythe, and his dog, Cara recently broke the world record for "highest man/dog parachute deployment" by jumping from 30,100 feet.

 

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... a handler and canine from the 39th Dog Company making contact with a water buffalo during a patrol on Luzon, Philippines in the spring of 1945.

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My FIL outside of Hamilton AFB, CA in early 42. The dog was a camp follower who latched on to him soon after he arrived on station. The dog was always waiting for him every morning and would be there when he got off duty as the Headquarters First Sargent.

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I snapped these the other day here in Afghanistan, on a "Market Survey", the USAF dag was a bomb sniffer. He was very friendly also, when he wasn't "working".

MSG BKW

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Gunbarrel,

Thanks for posting. Very enjoyable. I was a Combat Tracker platoon commander (Army) in VN. We used Labs for tracking and sometimes Scout Dogs for detection with Tracker Teams. Despite a kennel of Military Working Dogs we still had a mascot mutt in our rear area where the kennel was.

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