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Mar

THE K-9 CORPS LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1942

Today Is K9 Veterans Day - The 'US Army K9 Corps' Began In 1942 - South Florida Reporter

On March 13, 1942, the Quartermaster Corps of the United States
Army began training dogs for the newly established War Dog
Program, or “K-9 Corps.”Well over a million dogs served on both
sides during World War I, carrying messages along the complex
network of trenches and providing some psychological comfort
to the soldiers.

The most famous dog to emerge from the war was Rin Tin Tin,
an abandoned puppy of German war dogs found in France in
1918 and taken to the United States, where he made his film
debut in the 1922 silent film The Man from Hell’s River.
As the first bona fide animal movie star, Rin Tin Tin made the
little-known German Shepherd breed famous across the
country.

The US Army K 9 unit. – History of Sorts

Chief the War Dog K-9 Corps Public Domain Clip Art Photos and Images

En ce jour historique, le 13 mars 1942, le K-9 Corps de l'armée américaine commence à entraîner ...

The History of K9 Corps In The U.S. Army | ASOMF

k-9 corps | George Schumacher | Flickr

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Mar

CARTOON DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1852

What is the history of Uncle Sam? | Grateful American® Foundation

March 13, 1852 — Frank Bellew’s cartoon, “Uncle Sam,”
made its debut in the NY Lantern Weekly.

The character’s name is attributed to Samuel Wilson, a
meat packer who supplied food to the troops during the
War of 1812. Legend has it that he conspicuously marked
“U.S.” on the packages and before long the soldiers took
to calling him “Uncle Sam.”

However, the first use in literature of the concept of the
patriot Uncle Sam was in the 1816 book, “The Adventures
of Uncle Sam in Search After His Lost Honor,” by Frederick
Augustus Fidfaddy, Esq.

Uncle Sam is mentioned as early as 1775, in the original
“Yankee Doodle” lyrics of the American Revolutionary
War.

Frank Henry Temple Bellew
(April 18, 1828 – June 29, 1888)