Animals at War
Recognizing brave furry companions
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1 min readFeb 10, 2022
Christie (Sgt), No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
For as long as wars have been fought, animals have played an integral, almost sacrificial, role on humans’ behalf. Animals of all kinds were utilized on a war footing, from elephants to pigeons, for communication, transportation, and simple companionship.
Not all serving animals were as lucky as the good boy pictured. Jasper, a WWII mine-detecting…
