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War Dogs Reference Bibliography

Table of Contents

General

  • Burnam, John C.  Dog Tags of Courage: The Turmoil of War and the Rewards of Companionship.
  • Lost Coast Press,  1999,  p. 355
  • Cramer, Richard Ben.  They Were Heroes Too.
  • Parade Magazine,  April 1, 2001  
  • Lemish, Michael.  War Dogs; A History of Loyalty and Heroism.
  • Batsford Brassey, Inc.,  1999.  p. 304
  • Lubow, Robert E.  The War Animals.
  • Garden City, NY: Doubleday,  1977.  p. 255
  • Sanderson, Jeanette.  War Dog Heroes: True Stories of Dog Courage in Wartime.
  • Apple/Scholastic, Inc.,  1997,  p. 96
  • Thurston, Mary E.  Battle Rages on for War Dog Recognition.
  • Dog World,  August 1999  
  • Thurston, Mary E.  Canine War Heroes Deserve Stamp of Approval.
  • Dog World,  August 1997  
  • Thurston, Mary E.  From Homefront to Homelife: aging war dog’s light sparks heated national campaign for K9 retirement.
  • Dog World,  June 2001  
  • Thurston, Mary E.  Jack, Stubby, Ebony, Zucha, Bub — All were Soldiers of a Sort, All were Dogs.
  • Mil Hist,  (Feb 1994):  pp. 26, 28 & 87-88. Per.
  • Thurston, Mary E.  The Dogs of War.
  • The Lost History of the Canine Race,  (Andrews and McMeel: Kansas City), 1996,  pp. 174-208
  • Waller, Anne E.  Dogs and National Defense.
  • U.S. Army Office of Quartermaster General,  1958,  pp. 63
  • White, Joseph J.  Ebony and White: A Story of the Canine Corps.,  Luther, Luana (Editor).
  • Doral Publishing.,  1996.,  p. 168

Vietnam

  • Clark, Wm. H.  The History of the United States Army Veterinary Corps in Vietnam.
  • Ringgold, GA: Clark,  1962-73. 1991.,  p. 230,  DS557.7V45C52. See index.
  • Janke, Stephen A.  At Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, the K-9 Dogs…Helped Keep the Enemy at Bay.
  • Vietnam  Dec 1991,  pp. 10, 62-4. Per.
  • Morgan, Paul.  K-9 Soldiers: Vietnam and After.
  • Hellgate Press,  1999,  p. 184
  • Rubenstein, SP4 Wain.  Scout Dogs
  • Danger Forward, The Magazine of the Big Red One,  Vietnam, June 1969,  1st Infantry Division’s 41st Scout Dog Platoon in Lai Khe
  • U.S. Army. 1st Cav Div.  The 1st Cavalry Division’s Combat Tracker Teams.
  • Report on 62d Infantry Platoon (Combat Tracker),  Jan 1968-Mar 1969,  p. 30,  UZ260U54.
  • 18th MP Brigade.  Sentry dog utilization.
  • Special Operational Report — Lessons Learned…  10 Jul 1970,  p. 43  ORLL, VNColl.
  • U.S. Army Infantry Center. Scout Dog Detachment  History of Scout Dog Detachment.,  26th & 51st Inf Plts (Scout Dog).
  • Typescript & photocopy, MiscFile (Animal-Dog),  Ft Benning, GA, 1967,  p. 20
  • U.S. Dept of Army. Army Concept Team in Vietnam.  60th Infantry Platoon (Scout Dog) (Mine/Tunnel Detector Dog).
  • Report,  Dec 1969,  ca p. 75,  #606-60-1969.
  • Warsinke, John.  Company Command in Vietnam…Oral History Collections
  • Special Bib 26,  Nov 1990,  ca p. 250,  Ref/Z6724H6U55no26,
  • See Sec II, p. 61, for identity of pertinent interviews.

World War II

  • Army Mule has Rival in Antarctic Sled Dog.
  • Reserve Officer,  Sep 1941,  p. 23. Per.
  • Trng for Newfoundland duty.
  • Army’s M-Dogs Detect Enemy Mines.
  • Military Review 25,  Jun 1945,  p. 25. Per.
  • From Ordnance (Jan-Feb 1945) on mine-sniffing dogs.
  • Behan, John M.  Dogs of War
  • NY: Scribner’s,  1946,  p. 80,  D810A65B43.
  • Berman, Harry B.  Dogs in War.
  • Coast Artillery Journal 86,  May-Jun 1943,  pp. 8-11. Per.
  • Trng at Camp Haan, CA.
  • Brimmer, Howard W.  War Dogs.
  • Field Artillery Journal 27,  Jul-Aug 1940,  pp. 256-63. Per.
  • Brock, H.I.  The WAAGS.
  • NY Times Mag,  6 Sep 1942,  pp. 12-13. On microfilm. MF.
  • Buecker, Thomas R.  The Fort Robinson War Dog Reception and Training Center, 1942-1946
  • Military History of the West,  Spring 1997,  pp.33-58
  • Buecker, Thomas R.  Mules, Horses and Dogs — Fort Robinson in World War II.
  • Journal of the Council on American Military Past,  Apr 1989,  pp. 34-48. Per.
  • Cerberus.  War Dogs.
  • Infantry Journal,  Jan-Feb 1940,  pp. 67-68. Per.
  • Cochran, Avery M.  Canine Cartridge Carrier.
  • Infantry Journal 47,  Jul-Aug 1940,  pp. 355-57. Per.
  • Dogs in the Jungle.
  • Infantry Journal 56,  Jan 1945,  pp. 31 & 33-34. Per.
  • 41st Inf Div’s scout/messenger dogs, Southwest Pacific.
  • Downey, Fairfax.  Dogs for Defense
  • NY: McDonald,  1955,  p. 159,  D810A65D6.
  • Dog of War
  • NY: Dodd, Mead,  1944,  p. 153,  UZ260D68,  A novel.
  • Emery, Harry L.  War Dogs.
  • Cavalry Journal 54,  Nov-Dec 1945,  pp. 52-53. Per.
  • Describes 4-hr course at Cav School on use of dogs w/cav units.
  • Frank, Jay.  Corps K9.
  • Army Life,  Nov 1942,  pp. 6-7. Per.
  • Godsol, M.B.  Pal Joins the Army.
  • Quartermaster Review 22,  Mar-Apr 1943,  pp. 54 & 134-37. Per.
  • War dog recept ctr, Ft Robinson, NE.
  • Going, Clayton C.  Dogs at War
  • NY: Macmillan,  1945,  p. 179,  UZ260G6.  Dog heroes.
  • Goldstraw, Laurie.  The Paratrooper and His Dog.
  • After the Battle No. 74,  1991,  pp. 28-33. Per.
  • Yes, parachuting dogs (British).
  • Handling, Feeding and Care of War Dogs.
  • Military Review 23,  May 1943,  pp. 60-63. Per.
  • From Hawaiian Dept’s Trng Memo 16
  • Miller, Everett B.  United States Army Veterinary Service in World War II. In the series Medical Department, United States Army
  • Wash, DC: Office of Surgeon General,  1961,  p. 779,  D807UA56v4.,  See pp. 615-42.
  • Pigeons: An Experiment in Teaming Pigeons and Dogs.
  • Signal Corps Tech Info Letter,  Jan 1944,  pp. 45-47. Per.
  • At Cat Is, MS, because of its similarity to Pacific Island jungles.
  • Putney, William.  Always Faithful: A Memoir of the dogs of WWII
  • The Free Press: New York,  May 2001,  pp. 240
  • Rannells, Karl.  War Dogs on Morotai Island.
  • Mil Rev 25,  Jul 1945,  pp. 44-45. Per.
  • Risch, Erna, & Kieffer, Chester L.  The Quartermaster Corps: Organization, Supply, and Services | Vol II. In series U.S. Army in World War II.
  • Wash, DC: OCMH,  1955,  pp. 323-37,  D769A533v6pt2v2.
  • Sackton, Frank J.  Infantry Scout Dogs.
  • Inf Jrnl 58,  Sep 1945,  p. 53. Per.
  • Stauffer, Alvin P., Jr.  The War Dog Program.
  • Hist Sec, Office of QMG, MiscFiles (Animals-Dogs),  1945/1946,  Table of contents, pp. 40-41, 44-47, 53-54, 60-62, 83-85, 91-93, 108-109 & 111.
  • Photostat of portions of study prepared at Hist Sec, Office of QMG
  • Technical Manual 10-396  War Dogs
  • U.S. War Dept.,  Jul 1943,  p. 144 TMs.
  • Bureau of Pub Relations  War Dogs Trained by U.S. Army Now in Action in Battle Areas.
  • Press release,  7 Feb 1943,  p. 5,  UZ260U58.
  • War Casualty Dog.
  • Army Navy Register,  6 May 1944,  p. 3. Per.
  • Med Fld Srv School, Carlisle Bks. Teaches dogs to report casualties.
  • War Dogs
  • Infantry Journal 51,  Oct 1942,  pp. 74-77. Per.
  • War Dogs Platoon.
  • Army Navy Register,  2 Jun 1945,  p. 25. Per.
  • 26th QM War Dog Plt on Morotai Is.
  • White, Wm. R.  Red Rock II of the K-9 Corps, A.U.S.: A Dog’s Tale.
  • Phila: Olivier,  1950,  PZ3W58Re.,  A novel.
  • War Dog Training Center — Hawaiian Department.
  • QM Rev 22,  May-Jun 1943,  pp. 43-44 & 138-39. Per.
  • Yoseloff, Thomas.  Dogs for Democracy: The Story of America’s Canine Heroes in the Global War.
  • NY: Ackerman,  1944,  p. 32,  UZ260Y6.

World War I (And After)

  • Cahill, Howard F.  Animals in the A.E.F., World War I.
  • Typescript, Hist Sec AWC.,    D639A65.
  • The Dogs of War in Modern Battle.
  • Army Ordnance 9,  Sep-Oct 1928,  pp. 112ff. Per.
  • France. Ministere de la Guerre.  Manuel de Dressage et d’Utilisation des Chiens de Transmission.
  • Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle,  1925,  p. 31,  UJ210.35F7.
  • Ausrustungsverzeichnis fur Heereshunde.
  • Berlin, Germany: Reichswehrministerium.,  1921,  p. 8,  UZ260G3.
  • Henck, Wilhelm.  Der Hund auf dem Schlachtfelde.
  • Cassel: Weber,  1915,  p. 95,  UJ210.35H4.
  • Jones, E.C.  Military Dogs: Use and Training, European War.
  • Mil Surgeon,  Apr 1917,  pp. 395ff. Per.
  • Leyen, von der.  Instruction Pour le Traitement, le Dressage et L’Emploi des Chiens de Guerre dans les Bataillons de Chasseurs…
  • Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle,  1916,  p. 45,  UZ260L4.
  • Oeller, Alois.  Der Deutsche Sanitatshund.
  • Munchen, Gotteswinter,  1916,  p. 70,  UZ260O3.
  • Richardson, Edwin H.  British War Dogs.
  • London: Skeffington,  1920,  p. 288,  UZ260R5.
  • Rohan, Jack.  Rags: The Story of a Dog Who Went to War.
  • NY: Harper,  1930,  p. 242,  PZ10.3R636Rag.
  • Smith, Bertha Whitridge.  Only a Dog: A Story of the Great War.
  • NY: Dutton,  1917,  p. 111,  PZ10.3S65.,  A novel.
  • Use of Dogs in the War and Proposed Employment in U.S.
  • Army Navy Register,  20 May 1916,  p. 655. Per.
  • Wael, Gaston de.  Le Chien Auxiliaire du Combattant.
  • Bruxelles: Guggenhoudt,  1925,  p. 180,  UZ260M3.

Pre-World War I

  • Army and Navy Chronicle 10
  •  1839-40,  pp. 114-16, 117-18, 124-25. On microfilm. Per.
  • Bennett, E.E.  Employment of Dogs for Military Purposes.
  • RUSI Jrnl 33,  Mar 1889,  pp. 499-517. Per.
  • Berdez, A.  Anleitung zur Dressur und Verwendung fur den Polizei-und Kriegshund.
  • Bern: Wyss,  1913,  p. 112,  UZ260B42.
  • Bichelonne, Major.  Le Chien Sanitaire: Son Role, Son Dressage.
  • Paris: Maloine,  1907,  p. 18,  UZ260B5.
  • Couplet, Joseph.  Le Chien de Garde, de Defense et de Police: Manuel Pratique…
  • Bruxelles: Lebegue,  1910,  p. 264,  SF427C6.
  • Creytz, von Freiherr.  Der Hund im Dienste des Heeres: Kynologisch-militarische Studie.
  • Oranienburg: Freyhoff,  1898?  p. 54,  UZ260C7.
  • Der Sanitatschund.  
  • Hanover: Janecke,  1900,  p. 31,  UZ260S3.
  • Deutscher Verein fur Sanitatschunde
  • Koln: Moeker,  1900,  UZ260D425.
  • Jupin, J.  Les Chiens Militaires dans l’Armee Francaise.
  • Paris: Berger-Levrault,  1887,  p. 175,  UJ210.35J8.
  • Kessler, M.  De Africhting Van Den Politiehond, den Ambulance in Oorlogschond: Eene Beknopte Handleiding.
  • Gravehage: Luctor,  1913,  p. 128,  UZ260K47.
  • Lippy, John D.  The War Dog: A True Story
  • Harrisburg, PA: Telegraph,  1962,  p. 38,  E527.5.11th.L56.
  • Otto-Kreckwitz, Ernst von.  Der Krieghund
  • Munich: Schhon,  1894,  p. 71,  UZ260.08.
  • Pangrazi, Pancrazio.  Impiego dei Cani Nei Servizi de Guerra.
  • Roma: Casa,  1894,  p. 76,  UZ260P3.
  • Richardson, C.H.  Employment of War Dogs with a Specific Reference to Tripoli and Other Recent Campaigns.
  • RUSI Jrnl 56,  Dec 1912,  pp. 1649-63. Per.
  • War, Police, and Watch Dogs.
  • Edinburgh: Blackwood,  1910,  p. 132,  UZ260R53.
  • Rudler.  Le Dressage de “Stop”, Chien Sanitaire au 4. Regiment d’Infanterie.
  • Paris: Maloine,  1907,  p. 15,  UZ260R8.
  • Skinner, George A.  Instructions for the Management, Training and Use of War Dogs by the Jaeger Battalion.
  • United Service Mag, Sep 3, Vol 6,  1904,  pp. 513-33. Per.  Trans from Ger.
  • U.S. War Dept. Mil Info Div.  Translation of the Regulations for The Treatment, Training, and Employment of War Dogs by the Rifle Battalions of the German Army.
  • Wash, DC: GPO,  1896,  pp. 115-26,  U15U52no9.
  • The Military Schools of Europe and Other Papers…
  • Van de Putte, Jean.  Le Chien de Guerre et le Chien de Police: Stude du Chien au Point de Vue de son Emploi dans l’Armee et par la Police.
  • Bruxelles: Vanbuggenhoudt,  1907,  p. 148,  UZ260V3.
  • Vicard, Lt.  Le Chien Estafette.
  • Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle,  1911,  p. 63,  UJ210.35V5.

Since 1945 - General / Miscellaneous

  • Dogs in the Army.
  • Army Info Digest 4,  Jan 1949,  pp. 31-38. Per,
  • (Soldiers). Pictorial essay.
  • Dogs for Blind Veterans.
  • Army Navy Jrnl,  6 May 1944,  p. 1058. Per.
  • Edwards, T.J.  Mascots and Pets of the Services.
  • Aldershot, Eng: Gale & Polden,  1953,  p. 201,  U750E3.
  • Brit/Commonwealth (& France, p. 201) units, many species.
  • Elmore, James D.  Military Working Dog Employment of Future Battlefields.
  • Student paper, CGSC,  1981,  p. 22,  UZ260E45.
  • Frost, Denzil R.  A Centralized Source of Information for the Military Working Dog Program.
  • Typescript  1990,  p. 321,  UZ260F76.
  • Is the Army Going to the Dogs?
  • Army Digest,  Feb 1969,  pp. 49-53. Per.
  • Survey of various types of dogs trained for the Army.
  • Kelch, William J.  Canine Soldiers.
  • Mil Rev 62,  Oct 1982,  pp. 32-41. Per.
  • Krauss, Max, & Nichols, David G.  Potential Applications of Animals in Unconventional Warfare.
  • Report, USA Limited War Lab,  1964,  p. 21,  UH87K72.
  • Lawrence, George M., Jr.  An Infantry Supporting Weapon Concept.
  • Spec Study 816-62, USAF Air Univ,  7 May 1962,  p. 30, MiscFiles: Animals.
  • Advocates Marine Corps anti-guerrilla units w/dogs; see pp. 13-19.
  • McIntosh, Allen K., & Westbrook, Coke L.  A Review of the Military Dog Programs.
  • Cmbt Opns Resrch Group, CDC, Ft Belvoir,  Jun 1968,  p. 128,  UZ260M24, Incls bib.
  • Ney, Luman F.  Evaluation of Mine Detector Capabilities of Dogs.
  • Report, Stanford Resrch Inst,  1952,  p. 21,  UG490N49.
  • Parks, Howard N.  Tactical Employment of the Infantry Scout Dog.
  • Student monograph, US Army Infantry School,  1 Feb 1956,  p. 30,  UH100P37.
  • Accounts & anecdotes incl transcribed interview (pp. 27-28) of night combat patrol w/dog, Korea, Dec 1952, 5th RCT.
  • Postwar K-9 Corps.
  • Infantry Journal 60,  May 1947,  pp. 22-24. Per.
  • Thornton, William H.  The Role of Military Working Dogs in Low Intensity Conflict.
  • Langley AFB, Center for Low Intensity Conflict,  1990,  p. 18,  UZ260T56.
  • U.S. Army. Cmbt Dev Cmd.  The Role of Military Dogs in Military Police Operations in Support of the Army in the Field.
  • Study, Ft Gordon, GA,  1973,  UZ260R64.
  • U.S. Army, Europe. Quartermaster School. Dog Training Branch.  The Infantry Scout Dog Platoon Guide.
  • Lenggries, Ger,  Mar 1953,  p. 10, MiscFiles: Animals-Dogs.
  • U.S. Dept of Air Force.  USAF Sentry Dog Program.
  • AF Manual 125-5,  1967,  p. 99,  UH23A47.
  • U.S. Dept of Army.  Logistics (General), Horses, Mules, and Working Dogs.
  • Army Reg 700-22,  27 Jan 1961,  p. 15, AR.
  • See earlier Regs AR 880-5, 1 Sep 1953, and AR 880-10, 8 Dec 1950.
  • Military Police Working Dogs.
  • Army Reg 190-12,  17 Apr 1970,  p. 14, AR.
  • See earlier ed, 1 Jul 1966, 19 p.
  • Training and Employment. Field Manual 20-20,  Military Dog
  •  May 1967,  p. 187, AR.
  • See Apr 1960 ed, 116 p.
  • Waller, Anna.  Dogs and National Defense.
  • Report, Office, QMG,  1958,  p. 63,  UZ260W84.
  • War Dogs.
  • Mil Rev 33,  Jul 1953,  pp. 57-62. Per.
  • See also: Chiefly photos.
  • Physical Security
  • FM 19-30    

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