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...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Dec 14, 2018 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
In a blackout darkened alley of Paris in 1917, an American soldier stumbled over what he thought was a pile of rags. It turned out to be a scruffy terrier, who decided to not to leave the soldier’s side, even when he went to the front. “Rags” assisted the soldier in...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Sep 4, 2018 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
Although Doberman Pinchers started out as the Marines’ official combat dog, by the end of WWII they were replaced by German Shepherds (see my blog Dobermans Flunk Out of the War). An example of why Dobies were dropped is the experience of Clarence Rea when out on a...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jul 30, 2018 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
An Alsatian and Collie cross, Bing made more than 20 parachute jumps in World War II. He joined the British army in 1944, and his first action was in Normandy on D-Day. It wasn’t all smooth sailing – he had to be ‘helped’ out of the plane with a piece of meat, and...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jul 5, 2018 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
In the last days of the WWII, American soldiers captured a German spy with photos of beautiful white horses in his briefcase. They pictured the world famous Lippizzaner “dancing” horses, which were being kept on a farm behind enemy lines, in the future Russian...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | May 17, 2018 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
Part 1. Although Doberman Pinchers were the Marines first choice, they proved to be unsuitable as a combat dog in WWII. Their replacement had to do with Dobermans not being fierce and fearless enough in combat. But in some situations they did prove useful. In 1944 Jim...
