I've read an interesting story these days, and I want to share it with you: What was not envisaged was the First World War, which engulfed the Eurasian continent, creating the greatest variety and number of wars of “war-fighting” animals. The experience of the stray dog Spida was the most remarkable: a man who joined the army in the wrong sun, fought many times, became a hero to the United States after the war, became the only dog to have been awarded the rank of sergeant in World War I, and was added to the annals of history.
Little stray dog has a master.
This story was recorded in the Atlantic Monthly for a special 100 years of World War I. The legendary dog story began in April 1917, the third year after the outbreak of the First World War, when the United States officially dispatched troops to the war. At that time, the United States officially participated in the First World War and sent many United States soldiers to warships bound for the European continent, including Private Robert Connor, a fellow soldier and a dog called Stubby. Referring to Robert's encounter with the dog, which he had found near the camp because of his love, he felt like the bulldog he was waiting for when he saw it. Seeing it reminds him of his childhood, he occasionally sees dogs feeding him some food and naming him Stabby.
The dog found the master.
This is the same fate as is often said. One day, Robert heard the dog being beaten, and he ran out of the barracks and saw two teenage children throwing stones at Stubby. The passersby didn't stop him. Robert was rushing to buy milk and bread with two children to placate the dog. Stabby sorely rubbed his legs and expressed his gratitude. He also touched the dog and, although he did not want to raise a dog in the barracks, Robert had to regret it. The dog decided to follow him all the way to the barracks. Sentry wouldn't let him in, so he wouldn't leave. It's the same for days. When Robert comes here every day, he'll take food and watch the dog. So Robert secretly took it back to his dorm, and Stubby gave it to a bunch of U.S. military American girlfriends. It developed super-intellectual wisdom during a special period, especially when it was observed that it never barked in the dormitories, bringing joy to the soldiers. Finally, it has a place to live.
Coincidence becomes a dog.
Sbita, who quickly adapted to the military barracks, gradually revealed its dog talent, which, in addition to entertaining the soldiers, had learned a number of commands and movements in the army without specialized training, and was also very conscious, especially when the army's name, which gathered in the middle of the night in an emergency, was the fastest reaction, knowing how to roll, was born for the battlefield, and Robert was ordered to put him on the luggage list and formally make him a dog on the battlefield.
In the first battle in Sovasón, France, Robert and Steeby, he was not on the battlefield and the dogs screamed with constant artillery fire. His eyes were full of fear. Robert didn't have the spirit and the time to calm the dog. He's scared too. In order to defeat the enemy, he had to overcome fear, so he jumped out of the trenches and stormed the front. He saw the master rushing out, as if he had the courage to give him the power to stabilize, and he had washed out the trenches and followed Robert's footsteps. His faith in loyalty overcomes fear. There were also sacrifices in successive battles, but Stubby was particularly brave in pulling Robert and his comrades back from the line of death. In a German raid, Robert was surrounded by two German soldiers. Spita went up and bit a German arm and rescued him in time so that he could defeat him quickly. On the battlefield, he did not even notice the injured ex leg, and when Robert was on duty with him at night, he found the enemy and issued a timely warning. After several battles, Spita ' s capabilities were discovered by officers. No one ever thought of him as a pet dog. He formally joined the army with his own strength and became a special soldier.
The more you experience, the braver.
After the wounds, Sibida returned to the battlefield. One German military gas attack on him and Sibida was shocked. When he woke up, he knew the special smell of gas. Later, he found himself extremely sensitive to the gas. He happens to have met the old German trick and repeat it. He smelled strange stab wounds and jumped into Robert's bed and pulled him. Then he shouted out. When he saw the unconscionable soldiers, he acted dead without knowledge. Robert and his comrades understand that his talent has saved the comrades again. It was Spita's early warning that none of Robert's divisions had been killed in this gas war, and that German conspiracy had failed.
In a front-line battle, Spida accidentally stepped on a mine while he was in the lead, the sound of banging, and Robert in the back was having trouble thinking, and when he came to Spida, he found out that he had only a slight wound and that it would be all right. After the battle, Spida became a mine-clearing soldier without a trace, leaving Spida in front of the minefield, and the soldiers followed him, and if he stopped and called twice, he would find the mine, and the bomb-dismantling crew would come forward and remove it, and they would be flattered after trying.
So, Spita's story spreads throughout the battlefield, and people like to talk about many amazing stories. After 18 months of fighting, Spita and Robert both retired, returned to their homeland and became real loved ones. From the master to the pet, to the comrades who fought side by side, their feelings are hard to understand. After retirement, Robert returned to university to study law, and Spita became the mascot of school football teams and universities.
On 4 April 1926, Spida died at the age of 10, and in honour of this dog, its remains were made and placed in specimens at Smith's National Museum of History, and the name of Sergeant “Spida” was engraved in the United States World War I memorial and its legends were forever remembered.