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  2. Ernie Pyle - Wikipedia

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    Pyle is described as "the pre-eminent war correspondent of his era," [5] who achieved worldwide fame and readership for his World War II battlefield reports that were published from 1942 to 1945. [4] Present-day war correspondents, World War II veterans, and historians still recognize Pyle's World War II dispatches as "the standard to which ...

  3. Donald Gets Drafted - Wikipedia

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    Donald Gets Drafted was the first of a six-part series, within the larger Donald Duck series, which shared a continuity of Donald serving in the army during World War II. The cartoon also revealed for the first time Donald's middle name - Fauntleroy - seen on his "Order to Report for Induction" form from the film's title screen.

  4. Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 - Wikipedia

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    The draft began in October 1940, with the first men entering military service on November 18. By the early summer of 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked the U.S. Congress to extend the term of duty for the draftees beyond twelve months to a total of thirty months, plus any additional time that he might deem necessary for national security.

  5. Chips (dog) - Wikipedia

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    Chips (1940–1946) was a trained sentry dog for United States Army, and reputedly the most decorated war dog from World War II. [1] Chips was a German Shepherd-Collie-Malamute mix owned by Edward J. Wren of Pleasantville, New York. [2] He was bred by C.C. Moore, and was the son of Margot Jute, a half collie, half German shepherd, and Husky, a ...

  6. Rob (dog) - Wikipedia

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    Rob was a working dog on a farm in Shropshire until 1942, when his owners, Basil and Heather Bayne, enlisted him as a war dog. [2] Assigned to the Special Air Service at the base in Wivenhoe Park, Essex, Rob's official designation was war dog No 471/322. [3] He was used as a messenger and a guard dog.

  7. Gander (dog) - Wikipedia

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    Gander (originally Pal, and also known as Sergeant Gander) was a Newfoundland dog who served as the mascot of the Royal Rifles of Canada during World War II.He was killed in action during the Battle of Hong Kong in 1941, and was posthumously awarded the Dickin Medal, the "animals' Victoria Cross", in 2000 for his deeds in the course of that battle. [1]

  8. List of World War II films (1950–1989) - Wikipedia

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    In World War II, a Romanian gentile peasant is denounced by the village gendarme and sent to a concentration camp for Jews where, due to an error, he's drafted into the S.S. 1967 United States The Dirty Dozen: Robert Aldrich: Thriller based on E. M. Nathanson novel. US Army convicts on mission before D-Day: 1967 Italy Dirty Heroes: Dalle ...

  9. Bob (dog) - Wikipedia

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    Bob was a dog, who received the Dickin Medal in 1944 from the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals for bravery in service during the Second World War. [1] [2] The Dickin Medal is often referred to as the animal metaphorical equivalent of the Victoria Cross. [3]