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Everything You Wanted To Know About Military War Dogs and Were Afraid to Ask

Everything You Wanted To Know About Military War Dogs and Were Afraid to Ask

Everything You Wanted To Know About Military War Dogs and Were Afraid to Ask may be found at the following sites:

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http://vdha.us/

Michigan even has a War Dog Memorial located at Milford and 11 Mile Road in Lyon Twp...the only one that we know of at this time.

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You can see the progress we have made since August of 2010 by visiting:

http://www.uswardogs.org/war-dog-monument-uncovered-2/

The following reasons are why I am writing about this subject:

I am a devout supporter of

H.RES.740
: Expressing support for the designation of March 13 as "K-9 Veterans
Day", in order to recognize the service and improve the treatment of military
working dogs.

Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Gary C. [MI-9] (introduced 7/25/2012) Cosponsors
(2)

Committees: House Armed Services

Latest Major Action: 8/24/2012 Referred to House
subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.RES.740:

and

H.R.4103
: Canine Members of the Armed Forces Act

Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] (introduced 2/28/2012) Cosponsors
(34)

Committees: House Armed Services

Latest Major Action: 3/15/2012 Referred to House
subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.4103:

I am asking that you contact your elected officials in Washington and ask that they support Congressman Peters on H.Res 740 and Congressman Jones in passing this legislation on the Military War Dogs.

 

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