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April 6th, 2005
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| Centurion | From WWII 
__________________ \'\'St George for England!!\'\' \'\'May we give the dragons tail a damned good twist!!\'\' \'\'They call this one the \'Withstand-inater\' It\'ll take a 6 Megaton nuclear blast. No more, No less\'\' |
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April 6th, 2005
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| Master Gunner | You sure that's WWII? Uniform looks more like Korea. Nice pic though.
__________________ "Do not forget your dogs of war, your big guns, which are the most-to-be respected arguments of the rights of kings." - Frederick the Great, King of Prussia  |
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April 7th, 2005
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| Centurion | From Vietnam:  From the 11th Armored Division, World War II:  German war dogs from World War I:  From the dedication of the War Dog Memorial (USAF is bearing the colors): 
__________________ \"The advance of hope in the Middle East requires new thinking in the region. By now it should be clear that authoritarian rule is not the way of the future it is the last gasp of a discredited past. Democracy is their goal and terrorists themselves have reason to fear.\" ~President George W. Bush Do not attack the First Marine Division. Leave the yellowlegs alone. Strike the American Army. ~Orders given to Communist troops in the Korean War; shortly afterward, the Marines were ordered to not wear their khaki leggings. |
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April 7th, 2005
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| Master Gunner | Nice pics, IAmFighter. I especially liked the German dogs in WWI gas masks. That War Dog Memorial is, I believe, the Air Force branch specific one at March Field. The Army has one at Ft. Benning and I think the Marines have one too, however, there is to-date no National War Dog Memorial. There is a campaign (of which I'm a part) to have a National War Dog Memorial to go along with the other great war memorials in Washington, D.C. You can write your Congressman and Senators about it, even better send a contribution. Last I knew the fund was very close to enough to pay for it. You can find out more here: http://www.wardogsmemorial.org/ This is a scale model of what the National War Dog Memorial will look like.   It is estimated that US casualties from WWII forward would be at least 60% higher if not for war dogs. They deserve every honor we can give them. One thing you can do right now is to sign the online petition for a War Dog Commemorative Stamp. So far the US Postal Service has turned it down. They gave Bugs Bunny a stamp though. The signup page is located here: http://www.petitiononline.com/4269/petition.html Another good site to checkout is The United States War Dogs Association's page at: http://www.uswardogs.org/index.html Make sure you have your speakers on.  |
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April 15th, 2005
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| Master Gunner | Since nobody's added any pics in awhile, I will myself. Here's some pics of war dogs recently in Iraq.    |
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April 15th, 2005
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | Does a show, showing military trained dogs count? Have one on my computer somewhere, a Swedish show with dogs.
__________________  Devin, they are holding your life and they will never let go! Come home safe! |
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April 15th, 2005
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| Master Gunner | Sounds good to me  |
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April 15th, 2005
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | A couple weeks ago, my squadron visited McChord AFB, and we went to the attack dog training school. It was pretty sweet. Except that the guy got injured in the demonstration. 
__________________ WO2 Trevor Perry, Squadron Deputy Commander 746 Lightning Hawk RCACS |
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April 15th, 2005
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| Primus Pilus | Yeah that usually isn't good...is he ok?
__________________ Midshipman 3/C, USNR |
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April 15th, 2005
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| Master Gunner | I'd be interested to hear the details. I've been training German Shepards with schutzhund training for decades. You can see some pics of it over in General Chit Chat in the "Post pics of your dog" thread. In all that time I've never been injured once. Chances are the demonstrator screwed up. |
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