Author: BURNAM, JOHN C.
Title: A Soldier's Best Friend. Scout Dogs and Their Handlers in the Vietnam War.
Description: Demy 8vo; pp. xvi, 304; 8 pages of b/w. photographs, list of war dogs killed in action, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy. New York; Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.; 2008. Routinely braving danger, the canines searched for injured GIs, probed for lethal booby traps, located underground bunkers, and warned of approaching enemy attacks and ambushes. So valuable was their service that the Viet Cong offered a hefty bounty on their lives.

Keywords: gmil military history vietnam dogs canines