Messenger dogs with their keepers going across country up to the front...
Messenger dogs and their handlers marching to the Front, in France, during World War I. Straining at the leash, these messenger dogs and their keepers are apparently on their way to the front line trenches. In ... More
War messenger dog in the front area swimming across a canal to reach i...
Messenger dog paddling across a canal to reach its handler, in France, during World War I. The dog pictured swimming across this canal worked as a messenger dog in the front line. Scrolled up messages in waterp... More
Paddy, a gassed case during World War I
Bandaged dog that worked in the front line trenches, in France, during World War I. With bandages on all four paws, this dog - called 'Paddy' - carried out a range of hazardous duties in a front line trench, de... More
Messenger dog with its handler, in France, during World War I
Messenger dog with its handler, in France, during World War I. This collie dog worked as a messenger in the front line under constant gunfire. A scrolled up message can be seen attached to the dogs collar. Dogs... More
British messenger dogs with their handler, France, during World War I
British messenger dogs with their handler, France, during World War I. A British soldier holds three dogs which were trained to carry messages between the lines and command during World War I. Usually the dogs ... More
Reading a message this dog has just delivered
Dog-handler reading a message brought by a messenger dog, in France, during World War I. With his soaking wet messenger beside him, this handler is checking a message that this dog has just carried to him. The ... More
Messenger dog base just behind the line
Messenger dogs on parade outside their kennels, in France, during World War I. Messenger dogs and their handlers stand beside some kennels close to the front line. Rolled up messages placed inside waterproof co... More
Messenger dog in the front area jumping across shell holes with a mess...
Messenger dog leaping across shell holes on its way to headquarters, in France, during World War I. The collie dog bounding its way across the shell holes is carrying messages to company headquarters. Rolled up... More
Dominion journalists visit messenger dog depot in France
The value of war photography is not restricted to capturing the conditions and consequences of battles; it also records the more curious or obscure details of life during wartime. This is one such detail, a fie... More
Erhardt and his "War Dog" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows German inventor and industrialist Heinrich Ehrhardt (1840-1928) with his dachshund dog pulling a toy gun carriage. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain Ne... More
Erhardt and his "War Dog" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows German inventor and industrialist Heinrich Ehrhardt (1840-1928) with his dachshund dog pulling a toy gun carriage. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)
messenger dogs and handler near Villers-Bretonneux, 1918
ID Number: E02318 .Place made: France: Picardie, Somme, Villers-Bretonneux..Informal portrait of 3133 Corporal James Coull, in charge, with dogs of No. 3 Messenger Dog Section, attached to the 4th Divisional Si... More
Tracker dogs, 1967 - Two men and two dogs are posing for a picture
ID Number: CAM/67/0411/VN .Maker: Bryan Campbell.Place made: Vietnam: South Vietnam..Two black Labrador dogs which had a lot of sniffing to do during Operation Lismore that was completed by 7th Battalion, The R... More
Lt. Cmdr. Scot Druckrey, commanding officer of Coast
Lt. Cmdr. Scot Druckrey, commanding officer of Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team Kings Bay, left, pins a Coast Guard Commendation Medal Thursday, July 27, 2017, during a retirement ceremony for Tomm... More
Participants push strollers and walk their dogs in
Participants push strollers and walk their dogs in the War Dog Memorial Run, a 5K run/walk held on March 9, 2019, outside the Iron Horse Physical Fitness Center, Fort Carson, Colorado. The War Dog Memorial Run ... More
John A. Collver inside his AT-6 "War Dog" aircraft
John A. Collver inside his AT-6 "War Dog" aircraft races the "Smoke-N-Thunder" Air Force Reserve Jet Car during the 2014 Miramar Air Show aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 3. The air show fe... More
Members of Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security
Members of Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team Kings Bay hold a retirement ceremony Thursday, July 27, 2017, for Tommy, a Chief Explosives Detection canine, far bottom right, in St. Marys, Georgia. Du... More
A participant and her dog stand on the track during
A participant and her dog stand on the track during the War Dog Memorial Run, a 5K run/walk held on March 9, 2019, outside the Iron Horse Physical Fitness Center, Fort Carson, Colorado. The War Dog Memorial Run... More
U.S. Army 25th Infantry Divison Pfc. Alexander Padilla
U.S. Army 25th Infantry Divison Pfc. Alexander Padilla of Chicago, Ill., guards the perimeter of Combat Outpost Achin with his partner, Bruno Seven, Nov. 5.
John Collver soars above the flight line in an AT-6
John Collver soars above the flight line in an AT-6 Texan “War Dog” during his performance at the 2016 MCAS Miramar Air Show aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Sept. 24. Collver uses the World War... More
Tommy, a Chief Explosives Detection canine stationed
Tommy, a Chief Explosives Detection canine stationed at Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team Kings Bay, receives applause Thursday, July 27, 2017, during his retirement ceremony in St. Marys, Georgia. ... More
Col. David Zinn, commander of the 2nd Infantry Brigade
Col. David Zinn, commander of the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, holds his beagle during the War Dog Memorial 5K run/walk, March 9, 2019, near Iron Horse Physical Fitness Center, Fort ... More
A participant carries his daughter during the War Dog
A participant carries his daughter during the War Dog Memorial Run, a 5K run/walk held on March 9, 2019, outside the Iron Horse Physical Fitness Center, Fort Carson, Colorado. The War Dog Memorial Run is sponso... More
2nd Lt. Michael Kecken and Christina Brandes hold their
2nd Lt. Michael Kecken and Christina Brandes hold their dogs Baker and Gila, following the War Dog Memorial Run, a 5K run/walk held on March 9, 2019, outside the Iron Horse Physical Fitness Center, Fort Carson,... More
Krisynthia Boyd, a Soldier stationed on Fort Carson,
Krisynthia Boyd, a Soldier stationed on Fort Carson, holds her dog Astrid up to drink water following the War Dog Memorial Run, a 5K run/walk held on March 9, 2019, outside the Iron Horse Physical Fitness Cente... More
John A. Collver flies his AT-6 “War Dog” during the
John A. Collver flies his AT-6 “War Dog” during the Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) sponsored 2014 Air Show aboard Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar, San Diego, Calif., Oct. 5, 2014. The air show s... More
John A. Collver flies his AT-6 “War Dog” during the
John A. Collver flies his AT-6 “War Dog” during the Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) sponsored 2014 Air Show aboard Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar, San Diego, Calif., Oct. 5, 2014. The air show s... More
John A. Collver flies his AT-6 “War Dog” during the
John A. Collver flies his AT-6 “War Dog” during the Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) sponsored 2014 Air Show aboard Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar, San Diego, Calif., Oct. 5, 2014. The air show s... More
John Collver soars above the flight line in an AT-6
John Collver soars above the flight line in an AT-6 Texan “War Dog” during his performance at the 2016 MCAS Miramar Air Show aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Sept. 24. Collver uses the World War... More
'Bushie' - the celebrated Australian War Dog, Boer War
Bushie was the first dog officially sent to the South African War and was a pet of the Australian Contingent.