[rktman]

Dogs are awesome! Two paws up.

[Faith65]

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[a fool in paradise]

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[virgil283]

Amazing- thanks rk....The chute had opened and was oscillating slightly. (Ranee) looked somewhat bewildered but showed no sign of fear. I called out and she immediately turned in my direction and wagged her tail vigorously. The dog touched down 80 feet before I landed. She was completely relaxed, making no attempt to anticipate or resist the landing, rolled over once, scrambled to her feet and stood looking round. I landed 40 feet from her and immediately ran to her, released her and gave her the feed."

[dblshot]

In 1942, the Coast Guard recognized that the use of dogs, with their keen sense of smell and their ability to be trained for guard duty, would help enhance the patrols. The Coast Guard eventually received about 2,000 dogs for patrol duties. The dogs and their trainers were schooled on the 300-acre estate of P.A.B. Widnener, at the Elkin Park Training Station in Pennsylvania. Others trained at Hilton Head, SC. The first dog patrols began at Brigantine Park, NJ, in August 1942. The dogs were so successful, that within a year, the animals and their handlers were on duty in all the districts.Pictures at:

http://olive-drab.com/od_wardogs_ww2_cgbp.php

[Mears]

Tears in eyes here.

This memorial also gets to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_in_War_Memorial

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[Faith65]

Thanks for posting this!

[Excellence]

Did they get left behind like the military dogs in Viet Nam?

[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

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[Pajamajan]

This is the first time I've heard about these parachuting dogs of WWII.

Awesome story! Thanks for posting.

[Titan Magroyne]

Holy sh—that takes trust... and lots of hunger too, I spect.

Mine adore me & accourse the lab is hostage to her gullet, but man alive, I step out of a flying plane I can see them thinking, “Seeya!”