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A X wuiuiiwm ........... in.................. liwum ——rnmm*mmVOICEv •.«OUTDOORSIN M Isla 0 was States eight iIt deli furthei took tl and pi which the en At S ly sun! and V cruiser was nlt; rectly, indirec lives a their s Our Tulagi the mi across The ( cruiser tween of the canal,Vincer channlt; island, in froradiothe Ja. TheamongmadesouthAs thlt;battle,planeshouettners.* Our quarte of tin was v crashe cy an and sa Astorii ly dai the ne had s lives.■ ARMY DQG8I The common farm dog makes the I best sentinel dog for the army in I the opinion of Sergeant Bill Wun-I derlich, Winona dog trainer and B former owner of the Plat BrokeI kenneJs here, home on a ten-day leave from the K-9 section of thearmy.■ %Sergeant Bill for several months has been stationed on Cat island, out in the gulf of Mexico from Gulfport, Miss., training a consignment of 400 men and 400 dogs in invasion tactics. He could not disclose the, nature of the training.Three dog trainers from England came to the United States to assist in the work. A man was assigned to each dog and they went through the course together.The army has gone in for sentinel dogs in a big way, Bill tells us. There are several camps — in the K-9 section now turningice, out 2,200 trained dogs every twodo- and one half months. Bill hadbeen at a number of these is camps previous to his specialit island assignment.Ion - -md At the beginning of each course ver. dog is assigned to a man, and ihis together they go through the train-md period, becoming very attachedit to each other. The soldier takes the complete care of his dog, feeds it, lU](j I kennels it and gives it all orders. t_JAfter graduation both are assigned tin- to the same task. Many of them go overseas.15* Most of the big names in fieldiaB* trial dogs are now in the K-9section of the army, Bill tells us. David Elliott, well known east-f j era trainer, who has been toWinona a number of times, was 5ie a sergeant with Bill on Catf3*2 island.ind _and “We learn a lot about dogs,” Bill iter said. We have every breed to work with and learn to know their bold traits. The common farm dog with you a strong shepherd strain is prob-on- ably the quickest to get the stuff, rive sporting dogs come next on the 'our list.hat -at’s { “To me, Bill said, one ofget the most fascinating thingsan- about it all is how the dogs1(js, learn to love their soldier mas-and ters how attached the sol-' diers become to their dogs.iong “when a dog fails to make the grade/1 Bill added, we ship him f home. In many incidents the sol-^ dier likes the dog so well that he , j begs him from the army and ships . him to his own home, so he will ded **ave the dog alter the war.”8a** Bill has been in the army 21tme months. At first he was in the Po. air force, but the army transferred him to the K-9 section 3Ua when it was organized.It is a great education, Bill said, ted I have learned more about dogs in »1- the past month, than I would have ord in 20 years as a civilian trainer,” our he asserted. Mrs. Wunderieh is here -do with Bill. They were married last By year on the West coast.THI quite Ameri there anese of ho had b had bjustiflien thlt;was aafterWashithe JobjectcontinTulagiports.The compl out sitransploadedThe%bor al loadin were a all the scatteivariou Some loaded fifth \ rines
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Winona Republican Herald
Winona, Minnesota, US
Sat, Jul 03, 1943
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