Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley for December 20, 2017

And of course there was Stuka a Scottie who was a Crewdog on the Memphis Belle… http://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25284

Man’s Best Friend, indeed.

Clearly not Poncho.

Dogs don’t need a war memorial, it wouldn’t mean anything to them. Give them a war hydrant and they’d be much happier.

Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.

https://new4.fjcdn.com/pictures/Cry+havoc+and+let+slip+the+dogs+of+war+new_648bdb_4328215.jpg

But don’t forget the kibble.

At the time this was drawn in 2005 it was correct. However, there is now a monument. In 20013 a national war dog monument was unveiled at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-dogs/u-s-military-dedicates-first-national-monument-to-combat-dogs-idUSBRE99S00120131029

Don’t forget the cutest dog of war, Smoky the Yorkshire Terrier.https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/17/smoky-the-yorkshire-terrier_n_4110586.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_War_Dog_Cemetery

Well done Darb and worthy of a reprint!

War Dog Monument:https://www.flickr.com/photos/supremecourtjester/5468635577/in/photolist-9kfbQi

Did Darby Conley update this comic for the dogs of 9/11?

Don’t forget to recognize the only dog that was a POW in WWII – the pointer Judy. She started saving Allied lives when she was adopted in 1937 by the crew of a British gun boat fighting against the Japanese on the Yangtze River in China. She survived the war and died in Africa in 1950.

Well done. Brought me to tears.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Working_Dog_Teams_National_Monument

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Working_Dog_Teams_National_Monument

I once saw a dog (English Bulldog) that was a Sergeant in the Marines. The dog out ranked their handler.

I found this hidden off the beaten path in Guam.http://olive-drab.com/od_wardogs_memorials.php

Funny how men who will utterly destroy each other in the blink of an eye are afraid of a dog’s teeth.

I like the comment and comic, but there is a natuonal war service memorial. It’s in Cincinnati. One of my friends who used to walk the perimeter in Vietnam, before he passed would visit it annually.

US War Dog Memorial – Dedicated on June 10, 2006, the United States War Dogs Memorial, located guarding the gateway to the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Holmdel, New Jersey, consists of a bronze statue of a kneeling Vietnam War soldier and his dog, set on a black granite base

I like the mention of single-pawedly on the third line of the second bullet. Clever.

The first National War Dog Memorial is located in Guam. 25 dogs who gave their lives helping to liberate Guam in 1944 are memorialized, and buried, there. The statue is a Doberman Pinscher since most of the dogs serving there were dobermans. Check it out at https://guam.stripes.com/travel/memorial-tells-rarely-heard-old-war-storiesI’m just glad the military brings our dogs home now. War animals used to be left behind with other abandoned “equipment” when the troops left. I think the last time this happened was in Vietnam.