Yorkshire Terrier Hero in the Pacific

Another sea day on our way to New Zealand. We had presentations on New Zealand history, the Hubble and James Webb telescopes and human evolution. But the most interesting one was "Ordinary People who did the Extraordinary" in WW II in the Phillipines. I should say the most extraordinary of these was a Yorkshire terrier named Smoky found by an American soldier photographer in Philippine fox hole. She accompanied him on all his missions and even had a special parachute in case she had to bail out of a plane. During the construction of an air field on Phillipine enemy territory she threaded a telegraph wire through a 70 foot underground pipe (8" in diameter) thereby preventing soldiers from being exposed to enemy fire. Later she became what must have been the first therapy dog for injured veterans.Read more