http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/ America's military presence in Iraq includes "soldiers" who have received none of the farewell fanfare and support accorded the hundreds of thousands of traditional troops deployed. Neither are they being recognized for the heroic service they provided in past wars. They are war dogs. Veteran handler Charlie Cargo tells of the day his dog Wolf, a German Shepherd, refused to allow him to proceed up trail in Vietnam. "I looked straight ahead and not more than two feet away was a trip wire. I would have died right there if he hadn't found the wire." Cargo said. Teams were so effective that the Viet Cong offered a bounty for dead war dogs or their handlers. The dogs prevented soldiers from triggering booby traps or stepping on land mines, and they alerted their handlers to hidden enemy soldiers far away. They detected underwater saboteurs by the smell of their breath from the reeds they used as snorkels. Some protected their handlers from gunfire and shrapnel with their own bodies, losing their lives in return. In the Vietnam War, an estimated 10,000 American casualties were prevented by the efforts of 4,000 faithful American dogs. Only 265 dog handlers were killed in action. Of the dogs, 325 died in the line of duty, and 600 succumbed to tropical disease. Because the Vietnam War was so unpopular, many of our soldiers returned home abandoned and unrecognized. Also unheralded were their heroic dogs. Some say the government considered them expandable "equipment." The handlers were devastated to leave their best friends behind. Today, handlers who served in Vietnam still break down and cry as they tell of their dogs' heroics and the lives they saved. Fortunatley, war dogs are no longer considered expandable and are sent back to U.S. Air Force bases for continuing service. That's a start. Commemorative postage stamps are approved by Congress and the Postal service. Even Donald Duck has one. But efforts by veterans to so honor our dogs have been passed over by Congress and the Postal Service-twice. Donald Duck has entertained and delighted us for generations, but how many soldiers' have been saved? Don't these dogs deserve at least a postage stamp? We want to build the Dogs of War memorial. As well as get the postage stamp made for these heros. Please Help us!!! ALAN CUNNINGHAM DVM American Fork, Utah Used by permission of The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday, March 23, 2003 Mon, 16 May 2005 23:1:09 CDT en-us 3 http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig4251639 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Service dogs in the military and law enforcement save countless lives everyday. The least we can do is show our thanks with a memorial and stamp. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig4189032 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig4029730 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig4011059 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig3751342 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig3751284 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Showing compassion and honor to these dogs is moral and the right thing to do. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig3742891 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig3569769 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Support the animals that supported us. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig3493829 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST This is very important! No living thing should be considered expendible! There is no love we can recieve that is more unconditional than the love of our dogs. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig3463533 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig3401565 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig3352708 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST God bless ALL our military be they human or otherwie . http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig3341577 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Let's honor our war heros and the animals who saved their lives. We as a family support this completely. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig3177707 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig3028861 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Since one of the ideas is to split strings not into words, but hopefully into phrases more semantically informative than the words they are made of, doing that better should mean better suggestions, and avoiding what essentially are word n-tuples should make for smaller data and slightly faster querying. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig3011569 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Bonjour! What a super websight! Very refreshing to peruse from where we live in Paris (France). I eat frogs and drink wine. Woold like more informatons on this. Best regards! Mikael. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig3011363 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Bonjour! What a super websight! Very refreshing to peruse from where we live in Paris (France). I eat frogs and drink wine. Woold like more informatons on this. Best regards! Mikael. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig3009854 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I got the same tramadol attack... well, not the same, because it was only about 20 comments instead of 90, and i t have any filtering set up, and I just deleted them one at a time... hmm.. the only thing really in common was that it was about tramadol... what filter do you have set up that caught them all? http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig3009442 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I got the same tramadol attack... well, not the same, because it was only about 20 comments instead of 90, and i t have any filtering set up, and I just deleted them one at a time... hmm.. the only thing really in common was that it was about tramadol... what filter do you have set up that caught them all? http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dogsofwar/#sig3005790 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I always have terrible trouble with comment-related plugins that require me to put some line in the comment loop; I can never seem to find the right spot. Can anyone tell me where I should put the php line in my comments loop? I haven not modified anything much, and I would be very grateful. Thanks!