Smoky became the first dog to be honored with the Animals in War & Peace Distinguished Service Medal in a ceremony in Washington, DC on March 9. The medal is the highest award American animals can receive.
, and the creator of the medals. “It was out of character for such a little Yorkie to play such a big role under combat conditions. We just never know what an animal will do to perform an act of service,.
, a crucial airfield for Allied war planes. Early in the campaign, Signal Corps engineers needed to run a communications wire through a 70-foot-long pipe that was only eight inches in diameter. The soil had sifted through the corrugated sections at the pipe joints, filling as much as half of the pipe, and giving Smoky only four inches of headway in some places.
Smoky helped engineers build an airbase at Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, a crucial airfield for Allied war planes. Early in the campaign, Signal Corps engineers needed to run a communications wire through a 70-foot-long pipe, that was only eight-inches in diameter. Soil had sifted through the corrugated sections at the pipe joints, filling as much as half of the pipe, and giving Smoky only four-inches of headway in some places.
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