by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Nov 15, 2019 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
Kurt was a Doberman that landed on Guam in WWII on July 23, 1944. The next day Kurt led Marines climbing the hill above the beachhead. It was a crucial moment, as the Americans were trying to secure a foothold on the island. Kurt set out, zigzagging in front of the...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Oct 22, 2019 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
Chips was a German Shepherd-Collie-Siberian Husky mix in the American army during WWII. During the invasion of Sicily in 1943, Chips and his handler were pinned down by an Italian machine-gun. Chips broke from his handler and jumped into the Italian pillbox, attacking...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Sep 30, 2019 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
One of the Doberman Pinchers used by the Marines in the Pacific in WWII was “Lucky”. He was used, like many of the other Dobermans, to locate Japanese snipers using the dogs’ smell, hearing and vision. During one successful mission where multiple snipers were located,...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Aug 30, 2019 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
Did you know that dogs were first in space? While remembering the anniversary of the U.S. landing on the moon, we should give credit to the dogs that paved the way for manned space flight. The Soviet Union was the first to use dogs in orbital flights to obtain the...
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by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jul 15, 2019 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
In the ancient world, dogs were thought to have knowledge of medicine. It was noted that dogs elevate an injured leg, just like Hippocrates (the father of medicine) prescribed for injured limbs. And dogs know to lick their wounds to ensure they will remain clean and...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | May 1, 2019 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
Antis is the only dog who officially was allowed to fly with his master in World War II. He was found as a just weaned German Shepherd puppy in no-mans land in France in 1940, after his future master crashed landed near the locked home he had been abandoned in. From...
