War Dog Cemetery, 1969

"In Tribute: A US Marine scout dog at the 3d Military Police Battalion compound west of Da Nang, Vietnam, pays tribute to other scout dogs who have been killed while operating with Leatherneck units in Vietnam. The dogs, with a keen sense of sight and smell, are used by Marine units to detect the enemy, their supply caches, and bunker-tunnel complexes (official USMC photo by Corporal Bruce Chertkow)."

From the Jonathan Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections.

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