U.S. War Dogs in the Pacific Theater
Devil Dogs was a term first used by the Germans to describe the U.S. Marines in World War I. They were such fierce fighters at the Battle of Belleau Woods …
War Dogs
Smoky, Yorkshire Terrier and WWII War Dog
Smoky, a four-pound Yorkshire terrier, went to war by happenstance. She was found in New Guinea near an American military base in 1944. No one was going to send home …
Confederate Dog in the Civil War: Sawbuck
Loyal dogs populated both armies in the Civil War. For every Union dog, there was a Confederate dog taking part in the battles. Like wars before it, the Civil War …
Rags: World War I Dog Hero
Rags, who became a World War I dog hero, was originally just a stray pup picked up by a couple of American soldiers in July of 1918. James Donovan and George Hickman, part of the 1st Infantry Division, had been celebrating Bastille Day in a bar in the famous Montmartre section of Paris, when they stumbled on what they thought was a bundle of rags.
WWII War Dog: Lucky, The Family Pet
At the start of World War II, the United States military had no canine corps so it fell to civilians, primarily led by poodle breeder Alene Erlanger, to organize a …
First War Dog to Carry Messages in World War I
The first war dog to carry messages for the Allies in World War I was a Belgian Sheepdog named Taki. The French military began working with Belgian Sheepdogs to train …
