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Thr training of pups to kill enemies can work both ways, this lad who 'knew it all' quickly IcornsIts l ltAMi I IIAI'MWT THE ageof eight,ft o v c f lt;Buts I Van K c n i e n, ofrural R h 1 n e-bock. N \..was playinghookc y. -diooT •in« pin a sants.killing foxes. At 2 1, he'd learned It bo aplumber,still roamedthe woods*, vs as In* know* dog*, naid to ii\\ hen he od last Autumn at the age of IS. hi v\a- til! hard to handle, andhave born a private, 2nd*ut V an lv» nr ntcia*lt; fot t; e dotation. except that one day ho wart oiating about corndogs when his* sergeant said.’'Pip** down or hue a hall. What do \ou Know about dogs, anyw a ? ’“kvt rythim '* said the rookiejp.modestly and som« tinu s hap prns, h* vs as oiittt-4 a chance toprove iTodav \ an Knurnn i* staffsergeant **! S* lion K9, with the dy's pnncipal V\at Dog Trainingand 1 ;• f ptmr Genter at Front Royal, Va and the dogs aie teach*^xi'-TvF * ;Tmg Buss a lot a-- well as Buss is teaching the do,: Captain WilliamJ, Fan*1 commanding th« Section, figured that dog say plenty when you und* t land then language So he got out a mimeographed parnnhlet in which the dogs i • 'atedtrie Preface r 1cu salons withhe' i 1 ugthv dis-thi,, two-leggedt. me;11* rc's what1lt; „c* d troopers foreword:one of of K 9 ifour* in thei , wlt; ’re a hunch ofj dogs* not morelt; % i-.-it old b*-tu- i n 18 and at t • shoulder, who• . * *•,i off *o the re cruiting office , ns vo * ,-rd about thatI H liai bor job. We knew, just as• ;* wa w rent going t® ftand it had already leaked t It I a tough Fido to, i , ;* • .. ajid graduate. Buta: i the life i»re,- ,• g to write home• \in tie Army now soldiers, too, on the Army payroll, The\ - ■ ipmg the Axis. Sov.jt it soldier? We ce got*ilt; in, and to teach eachother.St Strg an* Van Kcurcn’s Dob-zmm* i' . » r -TTV —T********* ^ gPAWZBlerrr.an Pinsch . Duke, is a particularly eloquent instructor,” and here's the samj ‘e of a ”1» sson’’ the sergeant says He and the othertrainers soon warned and took toheart:Ifw. «DOG-Now, Sarge, since we re atease, suppose yr : listen to me fora change.SOLDIER Why? You got anything to beef about?DOG—Not a * »g. The chow Is swell.,.you're a goolt; all I want to do tl help you. I can smell better than you can, further, n e faster go over any terrain or hurdles you can, andsome you can't. So maybe... SOLDIER—So what?DOG— So maybe 1 can really help you. Take sentry duty.You're prefv good, hut you don’tdepend enough on youi ears. 1 can hear a man creeping up on you when he's sti a q sat ter of a mile awav. You’ll i '• r be able to do that, but you an study my telt; h* nique and ma - y«mr own ears twice as ult;- f d as thev now are.■mwt♦ 1-* • e
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Albuquerque Journal
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Sun, May 02, 1943
Page 15
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NM, USA 06 Oct 2020
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