"Historic Military Dogs Who Gave Everything For Their Country" Topic

"Man's best friend is a dog, the old saying goes, and that applies to combat as well. Military working dogs serve with all branches of the military today and have been used by the United States since the Revolutionary War. They were first used as pack animals, but working dogs have served in military roles such as scouting, policing, detection, and even combat. Today, hundreds of dogs serve with U.S. military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan as scout dogs, police dogs and with tasks like land-mine detection and border patrol.

There are countless stories of bravery and heroism from the four-legged members of the military, and those continue to this day. Yet despite the fact that working dogs have served and fought alongside the military since the country's founding, there was no national war memorial for working dogs until 2013. The U.S. Military Working Dog Teams National Monument was finished in late 2013 at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. The base has been the military's center for training working dogs since World War II…."
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Armand

Since you brought it up I am going to plug one of my favorite charities, Mission K9 Rescue. The US military still does not have a procedure in place to bring home military working dogs from their stations in the middle east. This means after years of literally working their tails off these dogs are either put down or simple let go. Mission K9 raises money to bring them home and rehome them, often with their former handlers. If you want to know more their website is missionk9rescue.org

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Armand

I think one of the biggest "tear jerkers" I have read was a book called A Soldier's Best Friend about a K9 corps soldier, IIRC, he either was a vet or became one after Vietnam. He was in charge of training and caring for a K9 platoon. Heartbreaking to know that 4000 war dogs were either left in Vietnam or put down. Glad that now there is a path home for the 4 legged veterans.

"Gave"? I bet the dog wasn't given much choice, certainly dogs don't choose to be in war. More like all was "taken".