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April 15, 2014

Color Photos of Animals in World War II

Palermo, Sicily. US troops bringing mules to the docks and loading into LST boats for invasion of Italy. 1944

Palermo, Sicily. US troops bringing mules to the docks and loading into LST boats for invasion of Italy. 1944

Palermo, Sicily. US troops bringing mules to the docks and loading into LST boats for invasion of Italy. 1944

An infantryman makes friends with a dog belonging to German children.


Training Maneuvers. Army mule holds on at Fort Still, Oklahoma. The old Army mule is still a good means of transportation . Pack artillery is still transported by mule over mountainous terrain down narrow trails and through jungles. Over the brow of a hill comes the mule pack train.

Soldiers laying field wire during a simulated gas attack while on maneuvers.

Squadron mascot - a Puma named Chatta with pilots. Panama

Mascot meets master - The English Bull, mascot of a US 8th Air Force base, meets his master upon the pilot's return from a mission.

A drill press operator feeds pet ferret. England

A dog has been adopted by the 442nd Regimental Medics as mascot. Here he is posing with a Private. The dog is called "Wahine" which means women in Hawaii. He is wearing a Red Cross arm band.

Rin-Rin-Tin-III. Medical service men treat a dog wounded in action.

GI cleans 50 caliber guns on a Boeing B-17 as an English farm wife herds her ducks away from the plane. England



Johnny Johnson (Wing Commander James E Johnson .The top RAF fighter ace, shooting down 38 German planes. Seen here with his pet labrador Sally - Battle of Britain 1940




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