Salute to these brave soldiers most never think of.

[Reaper90]

Most dogs are far better people than the vast majority of humans you will encounter.

As the late great Will Rogers once said," If there are no dogs in Heaven, when I die, I want to go where the dogs are."

amen.

 

[caldera]

 Ditto.

Doggies.

[R 105]

 I know the North Vietnamese soldiers hated our dogs and targeted both dog and handlers. Dogs will follow us any where and no other animal is so close to us humans. As a soldier and a police officer I never worked with K-9 units myself but was always glad to see them in the field with us.

[redcatcherb412]

  to these dog teams, they were invaluable in the bush in the 60's, saved so many lives then and now decades later. 
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Tracker Teams of the 76th IPCT attached to "Redcatcher", 199th Light Infantry Brigade.
"The dogs follow the scent to its source, which always meant trouble for the enemy."
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[vTM]

My father was a dog handler in the Air Force. When Magnus his German Shepard passed my dad was crushed. These animals do so much its hight time we HONOR them for what they do  Bell My friend i commend you on this  <S> Taxman

[Sunka]

Most dogs are far better people than the vast majority of humans you will encounter.

As the late great Will Rogers once said," If there are no dogs in Heaven, when I die, I want to go where the dogs are."

Most dogs are far better people than the vast majority posters in this place, so ya i hate that they die in a man made thing but  who they are.

[IronDog]

About 4,000 dogs served in Vietnam.They did their jobs well and gave their lives to protect their human comrades.They deserved far better treatment than they got when the war was winding down,Many were Euthanized,and the others were just left to fend for them self's!Our four legged buddies deserved a fate better than that!

[betty]

Im very active when it comes to the rights of our four legged friends. Many that are frieds with me on facebook already know this but I especially fight against BSL Laws and fight for pitbulls, which are the most misunderstood breed due to ignorance. Sadly enough these beautiful babies in these pics were once concidered dangerous and were misunderstood also. I have seen these pics before and they always make me sad because these dogs went thru hell at on time simply because of what they looked like and my lovable pitbull breed are fighting that battle. I just wish it would end and people would judge based on the deed not the breed.    to our four legged soldiers past present and future.

[Groth]

 True, Betty. Fought that fight in 60-70's over our 'evil', 'devil dog' dobermans...now it's switched to American Pit-Bulls, which were considered steller family dogs in 1890's.
JGroth

[crazyivan]

 

[R 105]

Im very active when it comes to the rights of our four legged friends. Many that are frieds with me on facebook already know this but I especially fight against BSL Laws and fight for pitbulls, which are the most misunderstood breed due to ignorance. Sadly enough these beautiful babies in these pics were once concidered dangerous and were misunderstood also. I have seen these pics before and they always make me sad because these dogs went thru hell at on time simply because of what they looked like and my lovable pit bull breed are fighting that battle. I just wish it would end and people would judge based on the deed not the breed.    to our four legged soldiers past present and future.

As a police Officer over the years I have had to shoot nine dogs eight of them were bit bulls. I had to shoot four all at once because the mother of a a man we were trying to arrest on a warrant turned them lose on us in her fenced yards were we were struggling to cuff her son. We arrested her also and charged her with aggravated assault and animal cruelty and I felt bad for the dogs.

 I think I read the city of Cleveland band ownership of pit bulls inside the city limits. Just last week a man in our neighborhood and his dog were attacked by a pit bull on our street. I have a very bad view of this breed of dog because of my personal dealing with them. Why do you think that pit bulls have this reputation? Maybe it is the people who own them that do this to the dog it is a mystery to me. I have noticed that a lot of the hoodlums and drug dealers in one of the areas I worked as a Cop had pit bulls.

[JimmyC]

They have a bad reputation for the simple reason when they bite they do not let go.
lethal.most dogs, all others will.They where bred for that, firstly to attack a bull, leap at its muzzle and hang on forever..
they do that with a fight with another dog...lethal
with a child..tragic..
they can and do have a heart of gold,obviously dependent on owners, but genetically they bring a gun to a knife fight and are lethal.
I love dogs, but I understand this situation.

[betty]

Its a myth that their jaws lock, and..german shephards and rottis were found to have more pressure in their bite than a pitbull. Any dog can be mean, its how they are trained. Hell im scared of little dogs and will walk up to a stray pit before walking up to a stray chi chi any day. You cant blame the breed. Blame the owner. Its discrimination. For example...i was in an abusive marriage but I dont think ALL men are bad. Yes pitbulls have found their way into the hands of the wrong owners but the millions of them that didnt are great dogs, some used for special needs children, border partol, police dogs and rescue dogs. They arent all bad.

[Midway]

This is the plaque for the war dog memorial at Guam.

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ack-ack

Lots of good potential Aces High names on that list.

[betty]

This is the plaque for the war dog memorial at Guam.

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ack-ack

I totally missed that plaque ackack...thats neat. Makes me angry that after alot of dogs serve our country they just toss them away. Ive seen them end up in shelters. They dont last long people find out they are retired military or police dogs and they get adopted quickly but its still sad they end up there in the first place.