by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 18, 2022 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
Not long after the onset of WWII the Germans began to bomb London. The English authorities found that locating civilian casualties in the rubble of destroyed homes was difficult. That is because there was no way to find them as were no search and rescue dogs –...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Mar 15, 2022 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
There were no fewer than 57 dogs named Duke enlisted in the Marine Corps in World War II. One of them was awarded the Dickin Medal for service in Normandy. But the Dog Record Books in the National Archive show that gun shyness was a real problem, washing out roughly a...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 15, 2022 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
Sam was a black and white cat that was supposedly owned by a sailor on the German WWII battleship Bismarck. When the Bismark was sunk, it was said he was picked from the water by the British destroyer HMS Cossack. The crew of Cossack named their new mascot...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | May 6, 2021 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
After their stay in Singapore, Japanese WWII prison inmate Frank Williams and Judy spent a year together at a new railroad construction POW camp in Sumatra. Judy helped to keep them safe by warning the prisoners when poisonous snakes, crocodiles or even tigers...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Mar 5, 2021 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
The Unbreakable Bond. After being taken into captivity, Judy bonded with Frank Williams. He taught her the skills she needed to survive in Japanese captivity and in the Indonesian camp. Eventually the prisoners were shipped to Singapore. Frank was told that Judy was...