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Thr training of pups to kill enemies can work both ways, this lad who 'knew it oil' quickly leornsIts I-It A Mi I IIAI»IA.\ass. for t: e duration, except thatone day he was orating about corndogs when his sergeant said,' Pip.- down ot hue a nail. Whatdo \ ihi know about dog'*, anyw as ? ' “Evervt hing,” said the rookie modestly and ax sometimes hap pens, he was offered a chance to prove it,Todas Hu-v ' N an Keuren i- staff mi grant ot S' ft ion K9, with the Arm' puneipal V\at Dog Training and !b o ption Outer at Front Royal, Ya. and the dogs air trash*' «r ■mg Burs a lot as wrl! as Bum- is teaching the dog-. Captain William J, Fart el. commanding tin Section, figured that lt;i g -ay ph nt\ when you und* t -land then language Sohe got out a mimeographed parnphlct in which the dog - ‘Yin fated*T THE ageof eight, R o v c e i Bios I VanK eyre n, ofrural Rhine*beck. N. Y.was p layinghookc y, shoot* mg pheasants, kdling foxes A t 2 1, he d !lt; a', nt d ti be a plumb* r, b u t still roamed the woods was na:d to tame, When he wasdrafted last Autumn at the age ot *J8, hr was still hatd to handle, and might have been a private, 2nd-gt V hi Keur* n In* knows dogs.the Preface s ’ heldf f -»I r* * * * Jg(rvs with thrutl v dis-tw lt;leggedti ,lt;inei s.Hen’s what one of the four* i ■ i * p* • • t K I* * as s in theforeword:■ a, soldi!, we're a bunch ofr, ■ • dogs, not moieblt;'twlt; i n 18 and*rati ivfjSO XVIS o]lt;it the should* i, whoi if *o th» rlt; cruiting officei % 1 M I *. 4 \ ? f % XJ M‘ % * V * * v* * * * * a f*t.* , i ;i. v * * d about tfiatp ■ Hai bar jot* We knew, ]ust as• wi mren’t going to a 1 t had already leaked ! * ,t tolt; ilt; a tough Fido to* ■ ■ ■ ■ iml grariua’c. Butp f oodv s el IM % w**hf?a* I the life isto write home;e Army now, soldiers, t . lt;Army payroll. The dog• i* . :s h* iping the Axis. Sot, v o .• *..idu r? We ve gotis to Yum, and to teach each1* 1II,lt;• • lt;% ant Van Keuren's Dob-erman Pinscht Duke, ti a particularly eloquent ‘instructor,” and here's the samj !e of a “1* -son” the sergeant says he and the othertrainers soon learned and took toheart:DOG—Now, Sarge, since we re at ease, suppose yc * . ten to me fora change.y? You got anything to beef about?DOG N -t a thing. The chow Isswell.. ylt; -■ a good guv. and all I want to do is help vou. I can smell better than you can, hear further, move faster, go over any terrain or h rdles you can, andsome vo i can't, So maybe... SOLDIER—So what?1—So maybe 1 can really help you. Take srnttv duty, for instance. You're pretfv g ,od. but you don’t depend enough on votu ears. I canhear a man creeping up on you when he’s st a quarter of a mile away. You’ll r* v-u be able to do that, but you an study my tech*n n nr» tan, I nmkb \ kII OWfl 03!' S
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Albuquerque Journal
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Sun, May 02, 1943
Page 15
Full Page
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Nancy L.
NM, USA 06 Oct 2020
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