Sergeant Stubby
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Sergeant Stubby
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From Wikipedia
Sergeant Stubby (1916 or 1917 – March 16, 1926), was themost decorated war dog of World War I and the only dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat.
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America's first war dog, Stubby, served 18 months 'over there' and participated in seventeen battles on the Western Front. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks,located and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants. Back home his exploits were front page news of every major newspaper.
Stubby was allegedly a StaffordshireBull Terrier although no one ever discovered where he hailed from originally. One day he appeared at Yale Field in New Haven, Ct; while a group of soldiers were training, stopping to make friends withsoldiers as they drilled. One soldier though, in particular, developed a fondness for the dog, a Corporal Robert Conroy, who when it became time for the outfit to ship out, hid Stubby on board thetroop ship.
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Military service
Stubby served with the 102nd Infantry, 26th (Yankee) Division in the trenches in France for 18 months and participatedin four offensives and 17 battles. He entered combat on February 5, 1918 at Chemin des Dames, north of Soissons, and was under constant fire, day and night for over a month. In April 1918, during araid to take Schieprey, Stubby was wounded in the foreleg by the retreating Germans throwing hand grenades. He was sent to the rear for convalescence, and as he had done on the front was able to improvemorale. When he recovered from his wounds, Stubby returned to the trenches.
After being gassed himself, Stubby learned to warn his unit of poison gas attacks, located wounded soldiers in no man's...
Sergeant Stubby
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From Wikipedia
Sergeant Stubby (1916 or 1917 – March 16, 1926), was themost decorated war dog of World War I and the only dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat.
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-------------------------------------------------Early life
America's first war dog, Stubby, served 18 months 'over there' and participated in seventeen battles on the Western Front. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks,located and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants. Back home his exploits were front page news of every major newspaper.
Stubby was allegedly a StaffordshireBull Terrier although no one ever discovered where he hailed from originally. One day he appeared at Yale Field in New Haven, Ct; while a group of soldiers were training, stopping to make friends withsoldiers as they drilled. One soldier though, in particular, developed a fondness for the dog, a Corporal Robert Conroy, who when it became time for the outfit to ship out, hid Stubby on board thetroop ship.
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Military service
Stubby served with the 102nd Infantry, 26th (Yankee) Division in the trenches in France for 18 months and participatedin four offensives and 17 battles. He entered combat on February 5, 1918 at Chemin des Dames, north of Soissons, and was under constant fire, day and night for over a month. In April 1918, during araid to take Schieprey, Stubby was wounded in the foreleg by the retreating Germans throwing hand grenades. He was sent to the rear for convalescence, and as he had done on the front was able to improvemorale. When he recovered from his wounds, Stubby returned to the trenches.
After being gassed himself, Stubby learned to warn his unit of poison gas attacks, located wounded soldiers in no man's...
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