Canine Commandos: The Heroism, Devotion, and Sacrifice of Dogs in War by Nigel Cawthorne

Canine Commandos: The Heroism, Devotion, and Sacrifice of Dogs in War

Nigel Cawthorne
296 pages
Ulysses Press
Apr 2012
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DOGS IN WARFrom World War I battlefields to present-day Afghanistan, dogs have been the loyal companions and trusted compatriots of soldiers worldwide. Now the exciting, heartwarming and heroic stories of history’s most famous combat dogs are compiled in this incredible collection.•CAIRO, SEAL Team Six’s Belgian Malinois, who was choppered in with his top-secret unit on their heroic mission to take out Osama bin Laden.•RAGS, a Highland terrier who dodged German shell-fire, shrapnel and poison gas to deliver crucial messages to the Western Front.•GANDER, the Canadian Royal Rifles’ Newfoundland, who sacrificed his life by scooping up a grenade and carrying it in his mouth away from his unit.•EBONY, the fearless German shepherd who alerted soldiers to an imminent ambush, saving 25 men from sudden death in Vietnam’s unyielding jungle.
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Pages 296
Publisher Ulysses Press
Published 2012
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