Sergeant Stubby (July 1916 – March 1926) was the most decorated dog of the First World War. Furthermore, he was the only dog to be nominated for this rank and be, after combat, named Sergeant!
What did this dog do to deserve such an honor? Today you will discover everything about him…
Sergeant Stubby: the dog that served during World War I
Stubby spent 18 months participating in no more and no less than 17 battles. on the western front. But his merit comes from somewhere else…
Stubby saved his regiment from a gas attack. Likewise, he found and comforted the men who were wounded. Even, captured a German soldier. All these feats occupied the front pages of all the important newspapers in the world.
Of course, this would never have happened if soldier Robert Conroy had not had the audacity to hide it during his journey to war by ship. What happened when they discovered it? At first, the commander refused to keep the dog on board, but when he learned that he had been trained in the field he allowed him to accompany them.
Stubby was a loyal dog, in addition to having other characteristics that made him, perfectly, just another soldier! This is why Robert Conroy took an interest in Stubby and took him to the war.
But War is war and Stuby was wounded in the front leg, by the Germans, during a retreat. The injury was caused by a hand grenade. Despite this, Stubby recovered and proudly wore his first war wound when he returned to the trenches.
After this, Stubby was injured by mustard gas, thus saving the entire regiment from it. After this, he was solely responsible for the capture of a German spy. He even helped liberate a French city from the Germans! After all these exploits, Stubby was appointed Sergeant by the commander.
Near the end of the war, Stubby was wounded in the chest and leg by a grenade. That’s when he returned to his house. The return could not be greater.
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Stubby presided over countless paradesearned a gold medal from the Humane Society of Education and even met Presidents Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge and Warren G. Harding.
Stuby was a celebrity and His days ended peacefully while he slept. After his death, she preserved his skin on a plaster cast, to always remember him. Likewise, she received an obituary in New York Times.
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