060801-N-9662L-030 (Aug. 1, 2006)US Air Force (USAF) MASTER SGT. Paul Capinas (left), assigned to the 36th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB) Guam, shakes hands with US Navy (USN) CHIEF Warrant Officer William Norton, Security Officer Naval Security Force Guam, after his Reenlistment Ceremony held at the War Dog Memorial on board Naval Base Guam. The memorial is dedicated to war dogs, trained to serve as mine detectors, messengers and sentries during World War II (WW II). Twenty-five of the dogs were killed during fierce fighting on Guam in 1944, and were credited with saving hundreds of American lives. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second...

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060801-N-9662L-030 (Aug. 1, 2006)US Air Force (USAF) MASTER SGT. Paul Capinas (left), assigned to the 36th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB) Guam, shakes hands with US Navy (USN) CHIEF Warrant Officer William Norton, Security Officer Naval Security Force Guam, after his Reenlistment Ceremony held at the War Dog Memorial on board Naval Base Guam. The memorial is dedicated to war dogs, trained to serve as mine detectors, messengers and sentries during World War II (WW II). Twenty-five of the dogs were killed during fierce fighting on Guam in 1944, and were credited with saving hundreds of American lives. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: 060801-N-9662L-030 (Aug. 1, 2006)US Air Force (USAF) MASTER SGT. Paul Capinas (left), assigned to the 36th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB) Guam, shakes hands with US Navy (USN) CHIEF Warrant Officer William Norton, Security Officer Naval Security Force Guam, after his Reenlistment Ceremony held at the War Dog Memorial on board Naval Base Guam. The memorial is dedicated to war dogs, trained to serve as mine detectors, messengers and sentries during World War II (WW II). Twenty-five of the dogs were killed during fierce fighting on Guam in 1944, and were credited with saving hundreds of American lives. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class John F. Looney (RELEASED)

Base: Santa Rita

State: Guam (GU)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL BASE GUAM

Scene Camera Operator: MC2 John F. Looney, USN

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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1940
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