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Yale Hospital
During WW1 Archibald was in France serving Yale Mobile Hospital. While he was at the hospital unit he wrote letters. Most of his letters were to his sister. -
Peramedics
The 2nd day at the camp the 1st peramedic unit came and started training. After they left Saturday they continued training. Around the camps people looked intense. -
On the Battlefield
There are many people in blue on the field. People are getting wounded and put into hospitals. -
Training camps
Archibald gets informed he's not getting sent to training camps -
2 days trip
After 2 days trip Archbald in a newly organized hospital Archibald is most likely not to see any fighting next spring. -
Breeds of dogs
There are many types of dogs. Mainly medium intelligent and trainable breeds. They are used for strength, agility and territorial nature. -
Doberman & German Shepherds
Dobrmans and German Shepherds were one of the main breeds in WW1. They were used for their qualities. -
Roles in war
Each dog has a different job depending on size and intelligence. There is sentry, scout, casualty, explosive, ratters, and mascot dogs. -
What the dogs do
Sentry dogs are used as a guard dog and held on short leashes. Scout dogs are quiet and disciplined. They can detect enemys 1000 yrds away. Also their tail points instead of barking. Casualty dogs find the wounded and bring them equippment, medicine, and supplies to help. The messenger dogs send messages to people. Lastly the mascot dog is there to keep them happy -
dogs in war
Dogs were used for many things in war. In Germany there were 30,000 dogs. In Britian France and Balgian there were over 20,000 dogs. And in italy there were 3,000
