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A BOUND THAT WILL NEVER BROKEN WAR DOGS ARE LIFE SAVERS

Since World War I, tens of thousands of dogs have served in the United States Armed Forces alongside their handlers in K-9 units. Thousands of dogs have died in combat saving the lives of our military troops. The US War Dogs Memorial honors our nation’s war dogs and their handlers – past, present, and future. The memorial, designed by sculptor Bruce Lindsay, consists of a bronze statue of a kneeling soldier and his dog, set on a black granite base. It was dedicated on June 10, 2006.

 

The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation Museum is delighted to announce that there is now a photograph in the Wall of Faces for each of the 1,563 New Jersey Vietnam Veterans who died while deployed overseas serving their country in the Vietnam War.

Our Wall of Faces is more than just names, sharing insight into each of these individual’s lives. Use the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Name Search feature to find a name on the Vietnam wall or browse the virtual Wall of Faces below.

New Memorial to Vietnam War Dogs Celebrates 'The Unbreakable Bond'

 30 Sep 2019The Akron Beacon Journal | By Ken Gordon

Whenever Ed Reeves has looked at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., he has focused on the panels containing the names of those who died on Sept. 12, 1970, and Feb. 14, 1971.

It was on those days, Reeves said, that were it not for his dog, Prince, "My name would be on that wall."

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New memorial to dogs that served in Vietnam celebrates `The Unbreakable Bond’

30 Sep 2019  The Akron Beacon Journal | By                                                     Ken Gordon     

Whenever Ed Reeves has looked at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., he has focused on the panels containing the names of those who died on Sept. 12, 1970, and Feb. 14, 1971.

It was on those days, Reeves said, that were it not for his dog, Prince, "My name would be on that wall."

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Instead, nearly 50 years later, the Grove City resident visited a different wall Saturday at Motts Military Museum in Groveport, a southwest suburb of Columbus, for the dedication of the Vietnam War Dog Team Memorial.

Its three black granite panels are inscribed with the names of 4,244 dogs that served during the war, as well as the numbers that were tattooed inside each of their ears. Also listed are the 297 dog handlers, one veterinarian and two vet technicians who died in Vietnam.

The panels surround a life-sized bronze sculpture modeled after Prince and Reeves, who was among the approximately 10,000 men who served as dog handlers in Vietnam.

OC Fair Board member Nick Berardino looks out at memorial

Santana: New Trails Blazed in OC for Veterans, Homeless and Politicking OC Fair Board member Nick Berardino looks out at memorial plaques outside Heroes' Hall

 

Priorities like taking care of our veterans or combating homelessness don’t always have to be on the losing end of public policy here in Orange County.

“They deserve the best,” said Orange County Fair Board member Nick Berardino from the second story of a World War II-era barracks called Heroes’ Hall this past week, as he looked out at the final preparations he is overseeing for the unveiling of a new county veterans museum at the fairgrounds this coming Veterans Day in Costa Mesa.

Yet community services – like taking care of our heroes or our homeless – get less and less attention in local public budgets year after year.

We give up on each other way too easily.

Consider the bid for a veterans’ museum in Orange County.

Despite all the U.S. flags and pins our politicians wear, especially on Veterans Day, none of our traditional veterans groups could get our local politicians to move the ball (ie: find the money or the land) this past decade to establish a local museum to tell their story to coming generations.

I’ll never forget seeing the veterans groups, one after another advocating in front of our county Board of Supervisors over the years, pitching one museum project after another, both on the Great Park and the Tustin air base land.

Yet somehow it just never got going.

Their legacy just didn’t pencil out, county supervisors told them, again and again.

Another one that didn’t pencil out was maintaining the veterans’ Walk of Honor in Orange County’s downtown civic center, which county supervisors allowed to descend into disrepair over the past decade as the area became a makeshift homeless camp.

Plaques donated by our local veterans to memorialize the exploits of their fallen comrades became the dirty backdrop to a drama featuring droves of mentally-ill homeless people – many homeless veterans themselves – often times urinating on the wall.

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VIDEO CITY OF GARDEN GROVE CITY COUNCIL Nov 27, 2012: City Council HONORS AWARDS NOTED BELOW TIME FRAMES TO LISTEN.

 0h 9m 12s3.a. Awards presented by the California National Guard:0h 11m 10s3.a.1. Patriot Award recognizing Police Chief Kevin Raney.0h 11m 44s3.a.2. Seven Seals Award presented to the Sworn and Civilian staff of the Police Department.0h 14m 55s3.a.3. Above and Beyond Award presented to the City.0h 15m 57s3.a.4. 2012 Secretary of Defense Freedom Award nomination certificate presented to the Police Department.0h 18m 33s3.b. Proclamation designating Garden Grove as a Purple Heart City. 

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See More Wounded Soldier And Military Dog Reunite After Receiving Purple Hearts Exchange Wounded Soldier-Dog Army Spc. Alec Alcoser is reunited with his dog Alex at Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, in San Antonio, Texas. Alcoser was a military dog handler who suffered a traumatic brain injury and his dog lost a leg after they were hit by the blast of a suicide bomber in Afghanistan Aug. 5. Currently, Alcoser is receiving care at the VA's polytrauma unit, while Alex is rehabilitating at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

 
Six months into his deployment to Afghanistan, Spc. Alec Alcoser grabbed his dog’s leash and left the barracks. It was a mission day, and Alcoser and his partner, a German Shepherd named Alex, were reporting to duty. They’d been working together for months and already had a close bond. They slept in the same bed, enjoyed their free time together, and always had each other’s backs. On that day six weeks ago, their friendship was put to the ultimate test.  

Rounding a street corner, Alcoser and Alex saw a local Afghan walking toward them. The next thing they knew, there was nothing but pain and confusion. Alcoser and Alex were hit by the suicide bomber’s blast at close range. The explosion initiated a firefight, and the soldier and his dog were caught in the middle. Seriously injured, Alcoser could do nothing but wait for it to end. Through it all, his dog never left his side.

The attack killed Afghan and Czech soldiers and left both Alcoser and Alex with traumatic injuries. Alcoser had multiple broken bones, including his arms and legs, and was hit by shrapnel on 30 percent of his body. Doctors also reported he suffered from a mild brain injury. Recovering was his new priority, but there was someone else he couldn’t stop thinking about.

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Working dogs and their handlers

 Sgt. Adam Kusnerick, a dog handler, explains what their dogs have to go through to become a military working dog. Spc. Hunnelle Trenery reports from Basra, Iraq. 

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31K Military Working Dog Handler

  

"The capability they [military working dogs] bring to the fight cannot be replicated by man or machine. By all measures of performance their yield outperforms any asset we have in our inventory." -- Army Gen. David Petraeus

Sniffing Out Bombs: America's most elite dogs

 Lara Logan gets a rare look into the secretive world of working dogs -- some of whose capabilities are military secrets -- and their handlers. 

A Salute to Military Working Dogs

WAR DOG WITH HIS PARTNER A BOND WILL BE IN THEIR HEARTS & MINDS FOREVER,LETS NOT FORGET  THEIR HEROIC COMMITMENT TO SAVE LIVES WHILE  RISKING IT ALL FOR A TRUST UNIMAGINABLE WE OUGHT TO NEVER DIIMINISH ANY OR IN HISTORY BOOKS. A tribute to Military Working Dogs and their Handlers I own nothing , made as a tribute to the MWD's and their handlers. The song is " Now comes the Night" by Rob Thomas 

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TRUE STORY Megan Leavey (6.9.2017) Based on the true life story of a young Marine Corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq. Over the course of their service, Megan and Rex completed more than 100 missions until an IED explosion injures them, putting their fate in jeopardy. Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite (Blackfish). 

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Real-life Marine fought the military to keep her hero dog

 Megan Leavey shares her story and talks about being portrayed in a new movie 

Video An upcoming film shows the unbreakable bond between a

 

Marine Who Fought to Adopt K-9 Partner in Iraq Is Now a Movie, 'Megan Leavey'

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U.S. Marine Corps honors dog for wartime bravery

 A special ceremony is being held in London Tuesday to honor a United States war hero for her sacrifice on the battlefield. Lucca is a German Shepherd that served with Marines to clear explosives in war zones. Her efforts protected thousands of troops, before a bomb ended her service. Debora Patta reports from Wellington Barracks in London. 

Family says goodbye to Marine war dog

Navy SEAL Museum's K-9 Project

 The Navy SEAL Museum's K-9 Project teaches the public, through the use of displays and demonstrations, how the Navy SEAL Team ethic applies to both a handler and a dog in order to operate as a cohesive unit. 

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War Dogs Of Vietnam

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True Story Of America's Unsung Heroes

 

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Retired Military Dogs Find New Homes Thanks to This Navy SEAL

  Military dogs often return from service broken and damaged, but the lucky ones end up with Mike Ritland of the Warrior Dog Foundation in Texas.  

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Dying Military Dog Is Draped In American Flag

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Retired Military Dogs Find New Homes Thanks to This Navy SEAL

 Military dogs often return from service broken and damaged, but the lucky ones end up with Mike Ritland of the Warrior Dog Foundation in Texas. 

Video"Time Capsule:" 2011 Vietnam Wall Opening Ceremony

 Apr 14, 2016   In the third edition of Garden Grove's 60th Anniversary "Time Capsule,"  we look at the second week of April of 2011.  The traveling Vietnam Wall  was assembled in Garden Grove Park.  This News Update by Anchor /  Reporter, Kim Horcher, tells the story of the display and some of the  people who were involved with it. 

Video Vietnam War Veteran Jose Ramos Speaks in Garden Grove

 Vietnam War Veteran and Purple Heart recipient, Jose Ramos spoke at the  third installment of the Vietnam War Museum Foundation Speaker Series.   He talked about the poor reception Vietnam Veterans received upon  returning home and what he has done about that.  He is the founder of  "Welcome Home Veterans Day."  Ramos spoke to a packed house at Garden  Grove's Courtyard Center.  Vi Nguyen has the story. 

Video Fallen Garden Grove Soldier:

 

Fallen Garden Grove Soldier: Specialist Jose A. Torre, Jr. A Garden Grove soldier killed in Iraq makes his final journey home...and  the community shows it's gratitude and love.  Garden Grove TV3 reporter  Jennifer Bauman has the story. 

"WE ARE FOREVER INDEBTED TO THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES WE MIGHT BE FREE." RONALD REGAN

Video Memorial Day 2013 at the Vietnam Memorial Wall

 Jun 7, 2013   Highlights from the 2013 Memorial Day ceremony at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.  

Hundreds gathered to pay tribute to Jose A Torre Jr.

 

Fallen soldier gets a hero's welcome home - 2011-01-26


 Hundreds gathered to pay tribute to  Hundreds gathered to pay tribute to fallen soldier, Spc. Jose A Torre  Jr. in Los Alamitos and at Pacifica High School in Garden Grove. Video  by Eugene Garcia, ocregister.com Published on 2011-01-26 . Video  by Eugene Garcia, ocregister.com Published on 2011-01-26 


Wounded Soldier & His Injured Military Dog Awarded

 

 Awarded Purple Hearts! A wounded Army specialist was reunited with his working dog in Texas last week after each were awarded a Purple Heart for their heroism. 

Video Vietnam Veterans Mar 24, 2009

 Congresswoman Linda Sanchez speaks on the floor of the U.S. House of  Representatives on behalf of her resolution designating March 30, 2009  as "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day." 

WE ARE FOREVER INDEBTED TO THOSE HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES

Resolution declares March 30, 2009 “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day”

 

   March 3, 2009  
 

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Resolution declares March 30, 2009 “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day”

Washington, DC - Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA) introduced legislation today  to provide long overdue recognition to thousands of Vietnam War veterans  for their dedicated service to our country by designating March 30,  2009 as “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.”  March 30 is intended to  recognize the day when the last U.S. combat troops completed their  service and left Vietnam.

“With this legislation, we can help provide Vietnam veterans the heroes’  welcome they deserve, but that too many never received,” said Rep.  Linda Sánchez.  “I have introduced this resolution every Congress since I  was elected, and I will continue to do so every year to come.  Our duty  as citizens and representatives is to serve and remember those who have  served our country.”

Rep. Sánchez began her work to honor Vietnam veterans in 2003, following  a meeting with her constituent Jose Ramos, a Vietnam veteran from  Whittier, CA who had worked tirelessly to recognize his fellow veterans.   Since then “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day” has received broad  bipartisan support by the House of Representatives after  Rep. Sánchez  introduced it in the 108th, 109th, and 110th  Congresses.

“This day of recognition came about because of the work and  determination of one unwavering veteran,” said Rep. Sánchez.  “Jose  Ramos’ belief and dedication to honor other Vietnam veterans has spread  across the entire country and millions have been touched by his work.”

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“Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day” Resolution

 

Legislation to honor service members who fought in Vietnam Today, U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, introduced a resolution in support of  the establishment of "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day." Designating  March 30, 2009, as "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day" honors the return  home of our armed service members after serving in Vietnam. This  legislation has bi-partisan support and is co-sponsored by Senator  Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Senator Roger Wicker  (R-MS), Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS). The  House of Representatives passed a similar resolution introduced by  Representative Linda Sanchez (D-CA) on March 24, 2009.   

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