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douglas9

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Thu Jul 6, 2023, 12:42 PM Jul 2023

Old pet cemetery in Michigan is prestigious resting place for military, police dogs

In 1969, the U.S. military drafted John Meeks to serve in the Vietnam War — a bleak prospect for the 18-year-old, only made tolerable because of the partner the Army assigned to him: Artus, a 6-year-old German shepherd.

"He knew more about what the hell was going on than I did," said Meeks, 73.

Meeks was Artus' handler for eight months in Vietnam. Artus sniffed out bombs, alerting the squad before they detonated, and he warned of ambushes, allowing Meeks and others to avoid them or be prepared to defend themselves. In one instance, Artus blocked Meeks and 15 others walking behind them from moving forward because he'd found a trip wire that would have detonated a bomb, killing all of them.

"He was a great dog," Meeks said. "To this day, I give him most the credit for allowing me to go home without a scratch. He saved me a couple of times. I owe him a lot.”

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Old pet cemetery in Michigan is prestigious resting place for military, police dogs (Original Post) douglas9 Jul 2023 OP
I'm crying my eyes out. All dogs go to heaven. sinkingfeeling Jul 2023 #1
On Oahu, there was a pet cemetery in front of a Buddhist cemetery. The whole area was Karadeniz Jul 2023 #2

Karadeniz

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2. On Oahu, there was a pet cemetery in front of a Buddhist cemetery. The whole area was
Thu Jul 6, 2023, 05:53 PM
Jul 2023

So peaceful and beautiful. We liked to stop there and see the latest toys that had been left.

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