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patrol getting information on Jap activity. We reached a river bank and saw tracks. Duke alerted and I spotted a large number of Japs.“They were only 50 feet away from us in the jungle and too large a group for us to tackle. Our patrol back-tracked and got away despite attempts to ambush us.”Dog Carries Message.Sergt. Menzo Brown of Middle town, N. Y., told with pride of the time he and Sandy, another shepherd, were with a marine assault company pushing toward the Cape Gloucester air strip on December 28.“We were advancing on the beach when Japanese pillboxes began to fire, holding up the advance,” he said. “Heavy rain put the radios out of order, so I dispatched Sandy alone to take a message giving the location of the pillboxes to our artillery.“I told him to find Sergt. Guy Sheldon of Montpelier, Vt. Sandy streaked through heavy enemy fire with the message pouch around his neck, splashed through stream and tall kunai grass and jumped in on top of Sheldon in his foxhole.” Sergeant Sheldon interrupted:“I didn’t even know Sandy was coming until he landed on me, panting and dripping.”Sergeant Sheldon took the message from Sandy’s pouch and gave the location of the Japanese pillboxes to the battalion commander, who ordered artillery fire concentrated on them. Then the Americans moved forward.Lieut. Robert Johnson of Malden, Mass., was another member of the group returning to the war dog center.
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Carrizozo Lincoln County News
Carrizozo, New Mexico, US
Fri, Jun 02, 1944
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