Vietnam 1971 Wardogs

[harley4jesuschrist]

You get the real stories when the Bro's start talkin.I would have been there but,the Gov thought I was too gung ho.They didn't want me to have better gun connections than I already had.I salute all that went and mourn all that were lost 2and4 legged.My bros used to tell me stories of these"super dogs" in Nam. I see the stories were all true.

[809ant]

i thank all the veterans of the vietnam war and also the war dogs



[LegendxWind]

Too bad the dogs involved in the vietnam war were left behind as surplus supplies and seen as expendable commodoties.

[boomer7]

@LegendxWind I did not find out until 20 years later.

[LegendxWind]

@boomer7

Its too bad, they fought just as bravely alongside those men and deserved to be treated like the hero's they were. Luckily, things are not like that anymore.

[mujkocka]

i have seen the documentary. and i just cried from the beginning to the end. it is good to know that in this iraq war. some soldiers could bring their dogs and cats back home!

[EIBBOR2654]

GO K-9!!!!! Wish y'all had some Doberman's though. I joined up after just Nam, 1975 and am still in though it id the guard, in the A/F but I was always jealous of you guy's when I lived in the barracks! Dogs are man's best friends, AKA "The wolves that came in from the cold". I felt sorry for the SP's at Loring because when it got real cold they brought the Dog's in and left the SP's still standing guard at the alert aircraft! Tough Job without your best friend!

[jankster739]

@sgtodeath ...They were returned from WW2. but not Vietnam for the most part of several thousand put to sleep and left there buried.

[ILIGANO]

Same with me, we got rounded up in Jan of 1972 and dropped in the rear co area, processed and in DaNang the next morning, piss tested, out processed and on a Flying Tigers or Capitol DC-8 to Ft Lewis with a short fuel-smoke stop at Yakoda AFB Japan. Then at Ft. Lewis we were told all 11-B were now being released to USAR and we were going home and out of the Army even if we wanted to be lifers! Kicked out of the Army! I wanted to put in 20 like my dad! Awards came in a box in the mail , 2nd class

[ps3animalfunds]

stains the dog was a veteran :P

[enricosteam]

THANK YOU FOR SHARING FRIEND

[AhlyrRhone]

Book title "Soldiers Best Friend" ; great book, written by a veteran war dog handler of Vietnam. Thank you, to all Veterans.

[zohaib45122]

is the german shepherd cracker in the video

[jankster739]

@zohaib45122 I believe Cracker is a book about one of these K9's. Cracker is a fictional book. I have read it and enjoyed it greatly.

[AhlyrRhone]

@jankster739

Title : 'Soldiers Best Friend' is written by a K9 Vietnam Veteran - excellent book.

[flyboyz2211]

@jankster739 one of the best book ive eva read

[doglover091]

@jankster739 cracker may be a fictional book but it is about a real life war dogs and her handler

[jankster739]

@doglover091

There was one dog named Cracker that was killed in action. There were no woman dog andlers however during the Vietnam war. I have the book but would like to read the jacket again and about the author. I thoroughly enjoyed it as I recall.

Steve/CRB 70-70/Kobuc

CRACKER 60X1 KIA

[doglover091]

@jankster739 ok well in the book it said somthing about her making it and going home with her handler thanx for commenting back

[pinz2022]

@jankster739

Jankster!

Can you give me any feedback on the persistent legend that the dogs could smell the difference between the rice and Nouc Maum eaters and you guys until the VC and NVA learned to wash regularly with Ivory Soap?

[awsomeboyalbania]

@zohaib45122 i like crakers

[jeangrey65]

I read online where one soldier after recieving his award, placed it on his dog and stated that without him, the award could have not been given.

[boomer7]

I'm sure it has happened many times today . Most of us did not receive awards till after being discharged or after we left our dogs behind and did know their fate for many years later.

[jeangrey65]

I have worked with dogs for 20 yrs. Instead of gifts, I give a donation in that persons name to "Baghdad pups" through the International SPCA. The Operation Baghdad Pups program provides veterinary care and coordinates complicated logistics and transportation requirements in order to reunite these beloved pets with their service men and women back in the U.S. These important animals not only help our heroes in the war zone, but they also help them readjust to life back home after combat.

[eryksurf]

z wyrazami szacunku dla psów i przewodników.

[boomer7]

I sure wish we could have been able to do that in Vietnam. I appreciate your work very much.:)

[putnamplaya]

Where is 1:11 at?

[boomer7]

My music was taken off and I recently replaced it....

[boomer7]

Holmsdale, NJ

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

[robiscar]

R.I.P. Budda from llrp

[51tlsxv3st]

to all inthat war my heros reason i know manny maso hasegawa was there to my grandfather

[11grandpa]

Your freedom of speech provided by to you by soldiers. Thank you very much.

[Mocktezuma111]

Damn those are some nice nice pictures!

woow great video..its a damn shame that stupid LUBE TUBE took of the sound though..

GOD BLESS TO ALL THOSE BRAVE SOLDIERS THAT SERVED IN VIETNAM & TO THOSE WAR DOGS AS WELL

[boomer7]

The only view I have was from being there.

[renatver]

A different view about Vietnam War.

Tks from Brazil !

[WATINTHEWORLD88]

God Bless all who served. God bless all the war dogs.

[stevedoug50]

Nicely done. Thank you for the post & thanks to huey180 for sharing.

US Army, In Country RVN 8/70 - 10/71

[santamara]

Wow! Great video and song! Very touching!

God bless all who serve!

Thank you for post & to huey180 for sharing!

[wizart49]

outsiding video. it is ashame they put them down after the job they did. great song

[jankster739]

We got legislation passed so it is never done again.. Thanks

[lovinlivin55]

In class today, we were shown this video. We read a book called "Letters From Wolfie", historcial fiction, about a Vietnam war dog named Wolfie. A boy volunteered his dog, Wolfie, for the military, trying to get some attention because his brother in Vietnam was always the 'hero'. Wolfie ends up dying in action... And at the end of the book it is explained that Vietnam war dogs were left behind to starve because they were classified as 'equipment'. :-( I nearly cried.

[jankster739]

Actually most were put to sleep by the military veterinarians. A small percentage were given to the South Vietnamese Army and an unknown future.

[soxbearshwks]

well done..

3rd Batt, 7th Marines ChuLai,RVN 10/65-11/66

[speedskiff2]

Bless and pray for all those that serve. Read Robert McNamara didn't want to pay to have them flown back and had them destroyed. They give so much and ask so little. Glad I outlived that bum. All dogs go to heaven.

[jankster739]

Welcome home and God Bless you...

[sportyken001]

Thanks guys for everything god bless every single one of you

[UNeedKickNPantz]

These dogs were born into this, they did not ask for this. In this war over 5000 dogs went to the Vietnam War & only 203 made it back home. God Bless them to do their job so to please their master at the other end of the leash....

[sgtodeath]

actually 4000 dogs were sent to vietnam and 203 were killed in action. Not 203 dogs came back.

[fawn2002com]

i remember some of you in bien hoa i think i was in the 11th cav blackhorse God bless you all you are real troopers

[datransitcop]

wow.

[siasti]

They abandoned all those dogs when the war ended like so much equipment. Must have been hard on the handlers...

[boomer7]

It wasn't known by most handlers till some 20 years later. Many are still plenty disturbed by it. They have dedicated various monuments in America to their memory.

[ILIGANO]

I was in VN in 1971, 101st airborne, 1/502 infantry alpha co. We were airlifted off firebase charlie on a huey that had just picked up a K-9 patrol that was soaked to the bone. I looked at that dog as we headed to camp eagle and can't tell you how proud of those GI dogs I was! Just like us they suffered and all they wanted was love in return.

[doglover091]

@ILIGANO did you have cracker in your squadron?cause i believe she had a charlie or whatever in the book and i no that it is fictional but is based on a real life storie

[BillMorris2008]

Another great one, Steve....

The song, of course, says a lot too -- the dogs always walked a step behind but they were always the hero. I was never in K-9 with the USAF, but always respected those who were.

God Bless all who served (four-legged too).

-- Bill Morris

[siasti]

A step behind? I thought they were used to find mines etc. They'd have to be_ahead_for that...

[BillMorris2008]

"A STEP BEHIND" ....referring to the beautiful words of the song.

-- Bill Morris

[boomer7]

I guess I just liked the song. :)

[vonmoose]

Hi, I just saw a tv documentary on the war dogs. I was wondering what is the policy of the government now for bringing the dogs home?

[jankster739]

They can come back home now...

[roaddog1m]

Law Enforcement Dog handler (Mal) My brother was there 68-69. Great post!

[IncubusKing]

What can I say, I was both. There are many great and very sad tributes my friend.

Respect always to you and our unnoticed heroes.

Robert

[ratrare]

RVN 1969,,army sentry dog handler...thanks for the posting....212th MP sentry dogs

[jankster739]

welcome home..

[BillMorris2008]

Welcome home!

[mrtibbs6912]

Same year that I was over in Vietnam 1971.

[GSD082007LEXI]

Thankless valor and self-sacrifice - America's forgotten heroes, the WARDOG

Thank you for the photos.

[daimlerb56]

dogs alway love his work because always love the mens .

[carbaquel]

more than 4,000 dogs recruited to serve and protect U.S. troops in Vietnam, preventing 10,000-plus American casualties in the process. Yet, only a few of these dogs returned to America at the close of the war. Since these canine heroes were classified by the military as equipment, they were declared "surplus armaments" and either unceremoniously euthanised or left to unknown fates in Vietnam.

[Digger9073]

did u read cracker? the book?

[boomer7]

I just got it for Christmas. Looks like a good read