05/29/2023
Thank to ALL our defenders of freedom on this day of remembrance.
“Memorial Day is a day to remember those who died in war. Among the dead in the South Pacific were many war dogs. The first to die was a Doberman named Kurt.
In his book, The Foreign Burial of American War Dead, Chris Dickon wrote: No less so than their human comrades, the dogs were killed and wounded by gunfire and mortars, and no less so were they moved quickly to the rear when wounded, where veterinarians waited to give them care. By August 10, 3,000 American men and 25 dogs were killed, but the island was secured. So valued were the war dogs of Guam that as the dead were returned to the beach on which the invasion had begun, one was buried at sea and 24 were each buried in a section of the temporary cemetery created for the men with whom they had fought. At some point, they were each given a small headstone with a single name.
The photo is a Doberman and his handler checking a cave on Iwo Jima for enemy soldiers”
