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The dogs of war

These four-legged heroes are often a soldier's best friend

Picture of Lauren Hansen
by Lauren Hansen
November 11, 2015

A Red Cross dog finds a wounded soldier, circa 1917.

(Hulton Archive/Getty Images)The United States first introduced its canine corps during World War II. In an attempt to fill out its four-legged ranks on short notice, the military put out a c

A French officer writes a message while a dog stands by ready to deliver it, circa 1939.

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Three Airedale dogs wear special gas masks at a kennel in England, circa 1939.

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An Alsatian defense dog lays a telephone cable in an unknown location on Nov. 12, 1940. The dog would carry a mile of cable, being let out from a roll on her back, over bomb-pitted, barbed-wire-entangled ground, in just two minutes.

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A German Shepherd who works as an ammunition carrier, alongside a soldier in a gun pit in the Eastern Command area of Great Britain on Sept. 3, 1941.

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A camouflaged Marine gives silent instructions to a jungle-trained dog on the front lines of the beachhead in Bougainville, Solomon Islands, on Jan. 13, 1944, during World War II.

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A scout dog, fighting against a strong current, swims across a muddy stream during an operation west of Saigon on Sept. 13, 1968. The dog's handler uses cable to work his way across.

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A Labrador retriever scout dog aids U.S. soldiers near Phong Phu in Vietnam on Nov. 10, 1967.

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A sergeant and his dog run for cover during a gun battle with suspected Taliban militants near the village of Jilga, Afghanistan, on July 8, 2010.

(REUTERS/Bob Strong)

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A Marine sits with his improvised explosive device–sniffing dog, Bee, as he tries to cope with the death of a fellow soldier during a patrol on October 17, 2010, in Kajaki, Afghanistan.

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A soldier pets an explosives-sniffing dog in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on June 26, 2011.

(REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

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