More News of Sinbad, Coast Guard Mascot
Last week one of the featured dogs in our series was Sinbad, a mascot for the Coast Guard during the late 1930s-40s.
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World War II
Virginia Hall (1906-1982), World War II Spy for the Allies
Virginia Hall worked as a spy for the Allies during World War II. She served overseas, and when the war ended, she was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. She was
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The Government Asked For Pets for Defense in the 1940s
What if the U.S. government wanted your dog to enlist in the military? That’s exactly the request that went out in 1942 shortly after Pearl Harbor. The direct attack on
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Chips, First Dog Sent Overseas in World War II
Chips was a mutt–a mix of German Shepherd, Collie, and Siberian Husky–living happily with the Edward Wren family in Pleasantville, New York when World War II began. The United States
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American Dogs in the Military
The news that a dog had been an important member of the team that brought down Osama Bin Laden in the spring of 2011 highlighted the vital role dogs have
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Elsie S. Ott (1913-2006)
First woman to receive the Air Medal, 1943 Second Lieutenant Elsie S. Ott was a pioneer in air evacuation of military casualties. As World War II progressed on two fronts,
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