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■ By FRANCES-^: MtNCO You’ve heard of .(he man behind the man behind Die gun? Well, this id Die tale (more appropriately the. (ail) behind the dog behind the dog. Our friend is the war dog, Jerry, ho notably discharged 'from the U. S. Army, He has a serial number, 83Ufg and a brnqd, P-27C, tattooed on the under side of his right hind leg-;He over onhis back and enotv you this tattooif you are a..special fricuuLsf his, loesn t make many spe-but Jerry doesn . „ .cial friends. He’s.a one man dog, absolutely loyal to his 1G-year-old master,,Ernest Gibson, of .112-13 North Thorpe.To go back to -the beginning, Jerry was boi'n. or to une the porpcr term,-wqelped, some time in 1042. His bfrthplaco’—'The Pas, Manitoba, Canada. Jcrrv is called a Siberian Cross in the Army records, which means his ancestors were Siberian Husky and goodness-knows-wtmt.Joint Army in 1943 Brought up in true Husky tradition by his ovviier, William Campbell, Jerry loined the aimy as a sledge dog in IG-il. His acquisition set Uncle Sam back $30according tu the jmuniKilkCiu unbis record card.Jeiry wag no colorful hero, as heroes go, but he served faithfully, for nearly three years as lead dog of the team, breaking in and training others for front line* pack and sledge duty. When it is considered that he weighed only 49 pounds at the time of his induction, and now; full grown, tips Ihc scales at 75,, it isn't a'ny. wonder he mis put into 4'limited service/’ Hu was understandably more valuable helping to train friers in teamwork,limn he would have been in actual combat atanrh n h'Fidn* i\lt;r.
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Hobbs Daily News Sun
Hobbs, New Mexico, US
Mon, Aug 29, 1949
Page 13
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