SGT RECKLESS AND OTHER ANIMALS IN WAR AND PEACE

Join our guest Robin Hutton as we talk about her wonderful books about these award winning animals who served in the military. Sgt Reckless, the four-legged Marine braved minefields to deliver ammunition to her division on the firing sites. In one day alone, performing fifty-one trips up and down treacherous terrain, covering thirty-five miles, and rescuing wounded comrades-in-arms, Reckless demonstrated her devotion to the Marines who had become her herd. In War Animals: The Unsung Heroes of World War II you’ll meet: • Judy, the POW dog who helped her beloved human survive brutal Japanese prison camps • Cher Ami, the pigeon in WWI who nearly died delivering a message that saved American troops from death by friendly fire • Beauty, the “digging dog” who sniffed out Londoners buried in the wreckage of the Blitz—along with pets, includi ...