Sergeant Stubby

1916 – March 16, 1926

• the most decorated war dog of WWI
•  the only dog to be nominated for rank and then promoted to sergeant through combat
• served with the 102nd Infantry Regiment
• He entered combat on February 5, 1918
• in the trenches in France for 8 months
• participated in 17 battles
• warned his unit of poison gas attacks
• located wounded soldiers in no man’s land
• captured a German spy
• April 1918 wounded in the foreleg by German hand grenade