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American artist Henry (Hy) Hystermeister’s rendition of a Red Cross service dog has appeared on numerous post cards and even a puzzle during the same period. “Mutt” A YMCA dog carries cigarettes into the exposed trenches.4/14/18 - Lt. Milton Monnette, Cardington, Ohio and Pvt. D.O. Parks Ashland, OH, the sentry who discovered a German dispatch dog trying to escape and shot it on the wire. 166th Inf. Military dog team circa 1918Collar taken from German messenger dog shot Mensel-St. Firmin, France. Dispatch taken from collar of messenger dog.“Kaiser”, one of two captured German messenger dogs.Red Cross dog. Painting by Alexander Pope.War Dog Memoral, Hartsdale, New York
7/29/44 – 26th Quartermaster War Dog Platoon starts a patrol on Aitape, Papua New Guinea in the Sandaun province. Dogs and handlers asleep during a training exercise in California.Obedience training taking place in AlaskaMessenger dog in ItalyA messenger dog goes under barbed wire during a demonstration. Messenger dog being released during a training exercise.– A German Shepherd tentatively crosses a bridge in Burma.6/30/44 – “Nompa” on a coral cliff, Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea.A Coastguardsman and his GSD on shore patrol, CONUS, 1942.11/22/44 “Lassie” is fitted with a M6-12-8 gas mask that weighs two pounds and fits 97%. Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland.MP w/dog jumping over short barrier. Notice training equipment and false building in background.Dogs and handlers from the CBI detachment board a ship with a final destination of Burma.Coast Guard patrol dog fitted with boots for protecting his paws.1/25/44 – War dogs at Berth 177 Los Angeles. Although the date is different, this is probably part of the same group of dogs that boarded the Benjamin Ide Wheeler. “Wag”, a Great White Pyrennes, is being inducted at Front Royal, Virginia.“King” on Ptarmigan Ridge during Operation Hailstorm. 25th IPSD.Sled dogs and equipment being transported by rail car.Chinook Kennels, Wonalancet, New Hampshire.Musher David Armstrong and the “Cream Team” while filming a training video for the U.S. Army. Note: Movie camera mounted on sled.Two huskies being lowered down the side of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. Note: These dogs were probably from Chinook Kennels in Wonalancet, New Hampshire. It is probably a different mountain they were lowered down than what was listed in NARA records.Drivers at Camp Rimini, Montana, assemble for a group photograph9/8/43 – A parade in downtown Helena, Montana. Note: The use of wheeled vehicles that the dogs pulled. This was a common practice during WWII when snow was not present.sled dog teams train without the benefit of snow. A third team appears to be off camera. This was probably taken in New Hampshire. Two sled teams along a road in Wonalancet, New Hampshire.Scout dog and handler in the Philippines.: 2/1/45 – Burma. T/5 Lester Shattuck places a gauze bandage on at the Battalion Aid Station. Butch received shrapnel wounds from a mortar burst that hit the top of a tree.Dog scales an eight foot barrier. Training camp is not known.5/23/44 – “Pal” gets fitted for a parachute harness at the military dog reception facility in San Carlos, CaliforniaChinook Kennels – A huskie packs a 30-caliber machine gun.Dog teams arrive at a crash site. Location unknown.1944-Burma-Cpl. Charles Williams displays new leather boots fashioned for his dog.: 1/24/44 - Raymond Brewer and “Danny” board the liberty ship Benjamin Ide Wheeler.45TH Infantry Scout Dog Platoon on Okinawa.The USMC war dog cemetery on Guam as it appeared in 1947. Note: How the hilltop in the background appears to have been cut off.Lt. Peter Baranowski and “Jaint de Mortimorney.” This dog purportedly made more jumps during WWII than any paratrooper. Note the paratrooper insignia the dog is wearing.An Army search and rescue team is deployed. Unknown date and location.A pair of dogs exiting an aircraft during an exercise in Alaska. Both dogs are attached to the same parachute.Dogs pulling car chassis at Chinook Kennels.dogs in tandem hitch. Camp Rimini.2/18/45 – Sled dogs in France waiting to deploy if it should snow. This was part of the Battle for the Bulge.Puppies being transported at Chinook Kennels. A veterinary officer removes shrapnel from a scout dog.8/25/42 – Basic obedience instruction at Front Royal, Virginia.Chips - Hero dog of WWII
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Robert Kollar and Rebel (M421) at Camp Evans (1968)
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