Salvo the“Paradog” completes a parachute jump during training in WW2.Dogs weredropped with D-Day tro
Salvo the“Paradog” completes a parachute jump during training in WW2.Dogs weredropped with D-Day troops behind enemy lines, to sniff out mines,traps and enemy troops. This was after two months of intensivetraining, which included how to angle themselves in the air,“forepaws up and rear legs down”. On the day of the drop, someof the dogs had to be encouraged out of the plane with a two-poundpiece of meat. -- source link
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