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 | Apr 8, 2021 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
The Return? In 1978 in order to extend the life of the Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, the series was colorized. But the process resulted in an artificial look, and the popularity for western based shows had passed, so the reboot was never aired. Attempts over the years to...
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...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jan 30, 2021 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
The Prisoner. Judy, an English pointer, was the mascot of British river gunboat in China when WWII commenced. She and some of her crew was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and taken by ship to a prison camp in Indonesia to build a rail road. She was smuggled on to...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jan 5, 2021 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
The Legacy. Before the Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, there were 17,400 German Shepherds registered with the AKC. After the show finished its prime time run in 1959, that number increased to 33,735, illustrating the effect on the breed of the popularity of the show. In...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Dec 15, 2020 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
One often overlooked war dog role was use as a draft animal. During the First World War, Italy and Belgium were two of the countries that used to pull small, two-wheeled carts full of machine-gun ammunition or other supplies. Often these dogs had often been used to...
