Dogs in War Time Photographs | World War II Database

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US Marine Private Alexander Boccardo and a Doberman Pincher war dog, Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States, circa 1943	US Marine Private Michael DiPoi in exercise with a war dog, Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States, circa 1943

US Marines and war dogs practicing amphibious landing, Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States, circa 1943	United States Coast Guard beach patrols drill with their sentry dogs at Hilton Head, South Carolina, United States, circa 1943.

US Marine 'Raiders' and their dogs on Bougainville, circa Nov-Dec 1943	German soldier and war dog beneath a coastal gun, France, Nov-Dec 1943

US Marines with war dogs, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944	A war dog with its US Marine handler, Guam, 1944

USMC war dog handler reading a message that his dog had just delivered, Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944	Air raid warden E. King with search and rescue dog Rip, 1945; note Dickin Medal on Rip's collar

Dog at a camp of 613th Field Artillery Battalion, US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional), Burma, 1945	Kiyoshi Ito with a dog at Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, 1945

Murray Dreyus with the mascot dog of USS Whale, 1945	US Coast Guard sentry and dog at their post during WW2

US Marine Corporal Virgil W. Burgess gave his dog Prince instructions on which foxhole to carry a message to, Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945	Pfc Reg P. Hester, 7th War Dog Platoon, 25th Regiment, United States Marine Corps took a nap while Dutch, his war dog, stood guard, Iwo Jima, Feb 1945

Members of the US Marine Corps Dog platoon moving up to the front lines of Iwo Jima, Japan, circa Feb-Mar 1945	PFC Karl, a Marine Devil Dog Doberman Pinscher of the 6th War Dog Platoon, at a Japanese cave entrance. If the cave has an enemy, the dog is trained to give an alert signal. Iwo Jima, Mar 1945.

US Marine Private Francis Hall and his Doberman war dog, Iwo Jima, Japan, Mar 1945	US Marine Corporal Harold Flagg and his war dog Boy posing with a Japanese flag, Okinawa, Japan, Apr 1945. Note the battle dressing on the dog's fore leg.