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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (50745)	6/13/2002 11:39:49 AM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Thanks for the tip (phewww). I just started a new book, Always Faithful, about the Marine K-9 Corps in World War II. The Marines began using German Shepherds and Dobermans on Guadalcanal, and then later on the other island campaigns. They were used to alert to surprise attacks at night, and also to flush out enemy in caves, and to alert to land mines. They were credited with saving many lives, at high casualty rates to themselves. They were often buried alongside fallen Marines. The Marine high command wanted to destroy them after the war, but the author, who was in charge of a squad (and was a veterinarian) , helped to prevent that. The survivors were de-trained, and many were adopted by their former Marine handlers to become family companions. Bonding with a dog is a great experience, from which we can learn much. That doesn't seem to happen with cats.