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Army Dogs ShowValue at FrontIn New Britain They Lead Patrols to 200 Japs; Beat Jungle Peril.SAN CARLOS, CALIF. — Eight dogs trained at army remount centers several months ago as an experiment led patrols that accounted for 200 Japanese, the army has just disclosed.Not a dog, soldier or marine was lost in actions involving the first contingent of dogs, and man-dog teams proved more than a match for Japanese jungle treachery.The record of the dogs was brought to Col. F. W. Koester, in charge of the war dog center here, by six of the first American soldiers to use dogs in combat.The dogs proved extremely valuable in smelling out Japanese lurking in deep jungles and as messengers, they said.Share Foxholes With Men.The soldiers and dogs, sharing the same foxholes, eating the same rations and sharing precious drinking water, usually worked *in pairs in advance of other troops.Sergt. Arthur N. Tyler of Livingston Manor, N. Y., half of the team of “Duke can do and Tyler, too,” told how he and his dog Duke, a German shepherd, led a reconnciter-ing patrol south of Cape Gloucester, New Britain. .“Duke alerted at three Japs ahead, eating in the middle of a trail,” he said. “We surprised the Japs and took care of them. Another time Duke and I were within 15 yards of Japanese and they didn’t know it.“About January 15 at Cape Gloucester, Duke and I were with a patrol getting information on Jap»......lt;
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Carrizozo Lincoln County News
Carrizozo, New Mexico, US
Fri, Jun 02, 1944
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