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Post by dogsofwar on Feb 24, 2014 8:47:07 GMT
'Military Working Dog Lex Video-Interview with Cpl Lee’s Parents Posted in fallen handlers, Marine dog teams, Military stories, military working dog handlers, various k9 videos with tags cpl dustin lee, k-9, k9 military, marine corps dogs, marine k9, military dog handler, military dog video, military working dog lex, mwd lex, police dogs, working dog video on April 22, 2009 by wardogmarine Here is a fantastic interview with fallen Marine Corps military working dog handler Cpl Dustin Lee’s parents. The Lee’s were allowed to adopt their son’s military working dog Lex after he gave the ultimate price while serving in Iraq, the first time a family of a fallen handler was allowed to adopt their surviving military working dog. MWD Lex was injured and even received a purple heart while serving with Cpl Lee in Iraq. This video is very touching and it is great to see both Lex and the Lee family enjoying their life together. MWD Lex is a very special dog, I wish him and the Lee family all the best. Semper Fidelis'
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Post by dogsofwar on Feb 24, 2014 8:49:23 GMT
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Post by dogsofwar on Feb 24, 2014 8:51:41 GMT
'Red Cross, Iron Cross: Ambulance Dogs in World War I Kaiser Wilhelm II knew the value of Red Cross dogs (Sanitätshunde). Visiting a hospital behind German lines on the eastern front, he saw a soldier on one cot, a dog beside him on the next. He was told the story: "Lieutenant von Wieland led a party of men in an attack on the Russian trenches. Seeing the task hopeless on account of the Russian fire, he, wounded, sent back the men who had set out with him and lay there in the blood and muck and filth of the battlefield: The Russian fire was so murderous that no one dared bring him in. Presently a dark form bounded from the German trenches, rushed to Lieutenant von Wieland's side, grasped his coat between his teeth and, foot by foot, dragged him to safety. Once, but only for a moment, did he loosen his hold, and that was when a bullet creased him from shoulder to flank. The blood gushed from the wound, but the dog took a fresh hold and finished his job at the edge of the trench where willing hands lifted the lieutenant down to safety. They had to lift the dog down, too, because just then a bullet broke both his forelegs.” The emperor gave each an iron cross, handing one medal to the man and tying the other to the dog’s collar. A picture of the lieutenant with his dog, Steif, was included in Theo Jager’s book, Scout, Red Cross and Army Dogs and is the second picture here. ' doglawreporter.blogspot.com/2011/07/red-cross-iron-cross-ambulance-dogs-in.html
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Post by dogsofwar on Feb 24, 2014 8:52:04 GMT
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Post by dogsofwar on Feb 24, 2014 9:00:29 GMT
Whiskey, an explosive protection military working dog, relaxes next to his handler, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chris A. Beavers, a kennel master assigned to the 48th Security Forces, at Royal Air Force Feltwell, England, June 24, 2008.
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Post by dogsofwar on Feb 24, 2014 9:01:25 GMT
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Post by dogsofwar on Feb 24, 2014 9:01:52 GMT
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