![]() ![]() ![]() For instance, he never received the rank of “sergeant,” as is frequently stated on the internet. ![]() “Frankly, the material presented on the internet was so fanciful, I couldn’t believe it was true,” she says.Īs she dug into Stubby’s history with a healthy dose of skepticism, she found some misconceptions. soldiers, but she had her doubts about his wartime record. Slowly, the stout dog with wide, dark eyes began to charm Bausum like he had so many U.S. Bausum, who lives in southern Wisconsin, and is “not a dog person,” says she was doing photo research for another project when she saw an image of Stubby online. presidents after the war.Īnn Bausum, author of two books about Stubby, Sergeant Stubby (for adults) and Stubby The War Dog (for children), first came across the legendary Connecticut canine by accident. He searched for wounded soldiers between the trenches in “no man’s land,” where he was able to discern enemy from allied fallen, caught a German soldier who had snuck over to the Allied side, and was even wounded in the conflict but survived to bark another day, meeting three U.S. During his “service,” Stubby learned how to give members of the Yankee Division advance notice of gas attacks. ![]()
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