Sergeant Stubby ..

cEElint · 11-16-2009, 01:42 PM

APBT WWI hero!

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Stubby served with the 102nd Infantry, 26th (Yankee) Division in the trenches in France for 18 months and participated in four offensives and 17 battles. He entered combat on February 5, 1918 at Chemin des Dames, north of Soissons, and was under constant fire, day and night for over a month. In April 1918, during a raid to take Schieprey, Stubby was wounded in the foreleg by the retreating Germans throwing hand grenades. He was sent to the rear for convalescence, and as he had done on the front was able to improve morale. When he recovered from his wounds, Stubby returned to the trenches. After being gassed himself, Stubby learned to warn his unit of poison gas attacks, located wounded soldiers in no man's land, and — since he could hear the whine of incoming artillery shells before humans could — became very adept at letting his unit know when to duck for cover. He was even solely responsible for capturing a German spy in the Argonne. Following the retaking Château-Thierry by the US, the thankful women of the town made Stubby a chamois coat on which were pinned his many medals. There is also a legend that while in Paris with corporal Conroy, Stubby saved a young girl from being hit by a car. At the end of the war, Conroy smuggled Stubby home.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_Stubby

**OrsonDogge** · 11-16-2009, 02:08 PM

he looks like a boston in the last pic, but cute

cEElint · 11-16-2009, 02:11 PM

yea.. kinda small huh

AllAmericanPUP · 11-16-2009, 08:54 PM

tis how they were back then...and still should be for that matter.

**bodazafa** · 11-17-2009, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by AllAmericanPUP

tis how they were back then...and still should be for that matter.

Agreed! Mags is only 40lbs and she is absolutely perfect - everyone asks if she is a puppy or the runt - but she is just what they should be!

HappyPuppy · 11-17-2009, 01:13 PM

I've seen him claimed by a few diff dog breeds - boston might not be that far off....

Bones088 · 11-18-2009, 12:17 AM

Pretty big Boston.

HappyPuppy · 11-18-2009, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Bones088

Pretty big Boston.

I understand that Bostons used to be a lot bigger than they are today and were fighting dogs in east coast basements.

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11-16-2009, 02:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
cEElint Senior Member Familiar Face Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 219	yea.. kinda small huh

11-17-2009, 01:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
HappyPuppy Senior Member Familiar Face Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 212	I've seen him claimed by a few diff dog breeds - boston might not be that far off....