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Stubby was a stray dog who joined soldiers training at Yale Field and became the mascot of the 102nd Infantry Regiment. He served for 18 months in the trenches in France during WWI, where he warned of gas attacks and helped find wounded soldiers. Stubby was wounded in battle, received a medal for capturing a German spy, and was promoted to Sergeant for his brave service, making him the first dog to hold that rank in US military history. After the war, Stubby went on tour and met three US Presidents, becoming a celebrity, before passing away in 1926.

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Sgt. Stubby

Stubby was a stray dog who joined soldiers training at Yale Field and became the mascot of the 102nd Infantry Regiment. He served for 18 months in the trenches in France during WWI, where he warned of gas attacks and helped find wounded soldiers. Stubby was wounded in battle, received a medal for capturing a German spy, and was promoted to Sergeant for his brave service, making him the first dog to hold that rank in US military history. After the war, Stubby went on tour and met three US Presidents, becoming a celebrity, before passing away in 1926.

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SGT. STUBBY
WAR DOG HERO!
 

Meet America 's first war dog, a stray Pit Bull/Terrier mix, named Stubby. He became Sgt.
Stubby, was the most decorated war dog of World War I and the only dog to be promoted
to sergeant through combat.

One day he appeared at Yale Field in New Haven , Connecticut ; while a group of soldiers
were training, stopping to make friends with soldiers as they drilled. One soldier, Corporal
Robert Conroy, developed a fondness for the dog. He named him Stubby because of his
short legs. When it became time for the outfit to ship out, Conroy hid Stubby on board the
troop ship. In order to keep the dog, the private taught him to salute his commanding
officers warming their hearts to him.
Stubby served with the 102nd Infantry, 26th (Yankee) Division in the trenches in France
for 18 months and participated in four offensives and 18 battles. The loud noise of the
bombs and gun fire did not bother him. He was never content to stay in the trenches but
went out and found wounded soldiers.

Stubby entered combat on February 5, 1918 at Chemin Des Dames, north of Soissons , and
was under constant fire, day and night for over a month. In April 1918, during a raid to
take Schieprey, Stubby was wounded in the foreleg by the retreating Germans throwing
hand grenades. He was sent to the rear for convalescence, and as he had done on the front
was able to improve morale. When he recovered from his wounds, Stubby returned to the
trenches.

After being gassed and nearly dying himself, Stubby learned to warn his unit of poison gas
attacks, continued to locate wounded soldiers in no man's land, and since he could hear the
whine of incoming artillery shells before humans could, became very adept at letting his
unit know when to duck for cover.
He was solely responsible for capturing a German spy in the Argonne . The spy made the
mistake of speaking German to him when they were alone. Stubby knew he was no ally and
attacked him biting and holding on to him by the seat of his pants until his comrades could
secure him.
Following the retaking of Chateau-Thierry by the US , the thankful women of the town
made Stubby a chamois coat on which were pinned his many medals. There is also a legend
that while in Paris with Corporal Conroy, Stubby saved a young girl from being hit by a
car. At the end of the war, Conroy smuggled Stubby home.

After returning home, Stubby became a celebrity and marched in, and normally led, many
parades across the country. He met Presidents Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, and
Warren G. Harding. Starting in 1921, he attended Georgetown University Law Center with
Conroy, and became the Georgetown Hoyas' team mascot. He would be given the football
at halftime and would nudge the ball around the field to the amusement of the fans.
Stubby was made a life member of the American Legion, the Red Cross, and the YMCA. In
1921, the Humane Education Society awarded him a special gold medal for service to his
country. It was presented by General John Pershing.

In 1926, Stubby died in Conroy's arms. His remains are featured in The Price of Freedom:
Americans at War exhibit at the Smithsonian. Stubby was honored with a brick in the
Walk of Honor at the United States World War I monument, Liberty Memorial, in Kansas
City at a ceremony held on Armistice Day, November 11, 2006.

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