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Willie, Gook and Herman

        This is a picture of me and my dog "Herman" on the walkway behind the sleeping quarters at C Company. Let me tell you a story about the dogs of C Company.

        When I arrived, there were two dogs there, "Willie" and "Gook," these two dogs had been in the company for quite a while maybe, 2-3 years, and Willie had been injured while out on a convoy escort.

        SGT Stone who was in the company with me told me that they had a company formation and awarded Willie a Purple Heart. Those two dogs had control of the company area.

        Well when me and Herman showed up the other two dogs stalked him all day, and late that evening they jumped him behind the company area.

        Herman fought both of them, finally pinning old Gook to the ground and Willie stopped fighting.

        Well they immediately became a three-some. Herman always slept outside of my quarters, and loved to ride on top of my Armored Personnel Carrier.

        He went on some of the convoys with the guys, and everyone in my squad loved him. I thought I would mention these dogs as they were a fond memory of my serving with the 720th MP Battalion.

SGT Joseph "Wayne" Thrower, C Company, 720th MP Battalion, 89th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade, January 1971 to June 1971.

 
 
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