GONE TO THE DOGS


Double Medal Winner! "Short Round" awarded not one but two Purple Hearts! Contributed by Ed Thomas	Danny Fort proudly hangs on to Bravo Battery Mascot "Short Round"	Sp4 Joe Cook with "Short Round" Contributed by Danny Fort

Mocha Contributed by Terry Savely	Mr. Distemper? Pup died shortly after photo Contributed by Danny Yates	Nemo, the Scout Dog Not a mascot, but a working dog handled by Lt Ed Thomas

No-Name Mascot? Contributed by Terry Savely	TOC Mascot? Contributed by Terry Savely	*Contributed by Herb Ables*

"B" Battery, 1968-69 Contributed by Tom Roman	Scout Dog Contributed by Tom Roman	Snoopy LZ Oasis in 1969. The Command Sergeant Major saved this dog and healed wounds on his back. *Contributed by Walt Schneidereit*

Camp Enari Christmastime *Contributed by Walt Schneidereit*	SNOOPY get his orders Orders for Snoopy being transfered to Divarty. "Wild Willie" being referenced was Top Davis from LZ Oasis. This was the nick name we used for him.

"Short Round" used to steal the B Battery 1st Sgt's poncho liner and sleep on it. Then he either would bite or would try to bite the 1st Sgt {1Sgt Clifford Pullen} when the he tried to retrieve it. The 1st Sgt, not caring that he was dealing with a local legend, called him "that damned dog." Short Round got lost once when B battery left an LZ called "The Alamo." He made it across the mountains, and was found (by me, I think, but my memory is fuzzy on that) at an abandoned battery position next to an airstrip. He was soon reunited with B Battery. He had several flesh wounds. I heard (cannot confirm) that he was awarded a Purple Heart by the 3rd Brigade Commander. I also heard that he bit the Brigade Commander when he reached down to place the award on the dog's collar. That story would have to verified by someone else. I was not there."

I was on LZ Alamo, and yes, he ("Short Round") did leave for a few days. Our resupply point was the landing strip below Alamo. Alamo was the highest firebase in Nam at that time, as I remember we were socked in most of the time. The First Sgt was Clifford Pullen. Short Round did receive the Purple Heart twice while I was with B Battery . LZ Alamo is the firebase where the battery had to dig a big bunker and the B 52's came in on the Mountain across the Valley from us. NVA were dug in and would rocket the airstrip every day . We went in to direct fire on them, but it didn't work.

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