by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jun 24, 2020 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
The Aborted War Dog. The original Rin Tin Tin was a German Shepard that was intended to be a war dog. He was found by Lee Duncan, an American airman in WWI as a puppy in an abandoned German army kennel. Lee was scouting the county side after the front advanced when he...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jun 3, 2020 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
Despite the perception that only so-called fierce breeds were used as war dogs, America’s most popular dog got into the action in WWII. Although Labs aren’t known for having war dog properties, a black Labrador Retriever named Skipper performed admirably on Guam in...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | May 16, 2020 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
Edmund Adamski was a WWII dog handler in the Pacific theater. He led patrols “on point” with his Doberman “Big Boy”. Being on point meant the furthest up front – the most dangerous position to be in due to the potential of being the first to be ambushed. But...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 28, 2020 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
Since the establishment of the Dickin medal in 1943 (see Animals Deserve Medals Too) , almost half the recipients have been dogs. But the medal has also gone once to a cat. “Simon” was adopted by the crew of the HMS Amethyst. Simon excelled in his assigned duty of rat...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 12, 2020 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
In WWII dogs were used to sniff out mines, carry messages, scout trails and guard camps. But a novel use was by the Russians to destroy tanks in the early years of the eastern front. Desperate to stop the German advance, they trained dogs to go under tanks with...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Mar 30, 2020 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
An example of a recipient of the Dickin Medal (see Animals Deserve Medals Too) is Sgt. Reckless, a chestnut mare who served in the Korean War. She was a U.S. army ammunition carrier during some of the bloodiest trench and outpost fighting. She made repeated trips to...
