No Better Friend : : one Man, one Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in Wwii
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"[T]ells the remarkable story of Royal Air Force technician Frank Williams and Judy, a purebred pointer, who met in an internment camp during WWII. Judy was a fiercely loyal animal who sensed danger and instinctively mistrusted anyone in enemy uniform. Their relationship deepened throughout their imprisonment. The prisoners suffered severe beatings which Judy would interrupt with her barking. The dog became a beacon for the men, who saw in her survival a flicker of hope for their own. Judy was the war's only canine POW, and when she passed away in 1950, she was buried in her Air Force jacket. Williams would never own another dog. Their story-of an unbreakable bond forged in the worst circumstance-is one of the great undiscovered sagas of World War II" -- provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Little Brown & Co, 2015.
Year Published: 2015
Description: xi, 387 pages , 8 unnumbered pages of plates: map, illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780316337069
0316337064
SUBJECTS
Judy -- (Dog)
Dogs -- War use.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons.
Human-animal relationships.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Biography.