....well, this is kinda military history...sorta :)
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Imagine a dog that survived being bombed from the air, the warship she was on sunk from under her. Pretty amazing, right? For Judy, the purebred English pointer and heroine of my new book, No Better Friend: One Man, One Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in WWII, that was just a warmup act.
Judy also made it through a second sinking at sea, this time courtesy of a torpedo attack. She nearly drowned after falling overboard in the Yangtze river, was slashed by a hungry crocodile, and took a rifle bullet to her shoulder.
Most incredibly, and importantly, Judy made it through more than three years of being imprisoned by the Japanese as WWII's only official animal prisoner of war, a designation won for her by her best friend, an airman named Frank Williams, who formed an uncommon bond with Judy.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/05/29/hero-canine-how-judy-saved-franks-life-and-survived-pow-camp-bombing-and-sinking-ship.html
I try to avoid stories like that because I must be allergic to them. My sinuses fill up and my eyes water...
Quote from: Staggerwing on May 31, 2015, 08:27:19 PM
I try to avoid stories like that because I must be allergic to them. My sinuses fill up and my eyes water...
You forgot to mention the lump in your throat. Judy was one hell of a dog.
I must have the same allergy..........