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Show Fighting Dogs Help Whip Japs Canine Warriors Fight Way Into Hearts of U. S. Soldiers. CHICAGO. When the first marine amphibian corps invaded Jap-held Bougainville, it was accompanied by 29 fighting dogs that repeatedly distinguished dis-tinguished themselves with intelligence intelli-gence and courage and played an Important role in the American victory. vic-tory. This was the gist of a jaint report released by the U. S. marine corps and Dogs for Defense, the canine selective service system, which has offices here. This first platoon of dogs in active combat duty proved two things, the report said: That the dogs themselves them-selves are as dependable in battle as are their human companions and that the troops quickly come to place full confidence in the animals' intelligence. intel-ligence. Give Some Instances. "The men- soon realize," explained ex-plained Gerald Murphy, director of Dogs for Defense, "that the K-9 warriors war-riors not only think for themselves but that they are actually superior to the human soldier in many respects. re-spects. The time when people used to argue about whether or not dogs are really capable of 'thinking' has long since passed." According to one paragraph of the official report: "On 'D' day, Andy, a Doberman pinscher, led 'M' company all the way to the roadblock. He alerted scattered sniper opposition and undoubtedly un-doubtedly was the means of preventing pre-venting loss of life." On the night of the seventh day, the report continued, another Doberman, Dober-man, named Rex. alerted Japs in the vicinity and at daybreak of the eighth day, the Japs staged an attack at-tack that failed as a surprise because be-cause of Rex's warning. There were numerous stories of dogs leading the marines through jungles and warning them of impending im-pending traps; together with accounts ac-counts ef dogs like Jack, a German shepherd, who was wounded in the back but carried a message from his company to the command post. The telephone lines had been shot out, and the job of bringing up help depended solely on the dog. Good In Fighting. No mention was made in the official offi-cial report of dogs being used for hand-to-hand attack against Jap soldiers, sol-diers, although it is well known among recognized dog trainers that both the German shepherd and the Doberman pinscher frequently are trained for attack work in civilian police duty. A man with a bayonet, thase tr.ninpra have &id fcxwld i "have his hands" full defending him- j self from a heavy, well-trained at- : tack dog. Murphy said that Dogs for Defense De-fense needs more recruits to supple- ! ment the work already being done . by K-9 corps members. He is seek-ii.y seek-ii.y a special group of male Dober- , n:nn pinschers, weighing at least ftO pounds each, standing higher than-' 27 inches at the withers, and be- ; tween one and four years of age. j |