Dogs Of War

"New military training facilities during World War II were seldom considered unusual. But this one, headquartered in Belmont's Devonshire Country Club that opened late in 1942, was. It was considered among the Army's more important but lesser-known installations, the War Dog Reception and Training Center, "Dogtown," as it was more commonly known.

No peewee operation, Dogtown was staffed by 550 enlisted men and 53 commissioned officers. Professional dog trainers were recruited from around the nation. Many were European immigrants. Manuals for training were based on previously published World War I French, English, Belgian and even German models. In the hills of Belmont and San Carlos, combat, sentry and medical dogs were trained for all branches of the armed forces.

Dogs, previously trained for the vaudeville stage, usually smart critters, were welcomed, but required to unlearn all tricks. French poodles, with GI haircuts, became unrecognizable, and Dalmatians, used as messengers, were died black or brown so as not to stand out on a battlefield."

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Cool huh....Birdy is in training now, she's going to be a Moonbat hunter.