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Smoky: the tiny Yorkshire Terrier who pulled a cable through a wartime pipe

1944 New Guinea / Luzon, Philippines / Ohio, United States
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Smoky was a tiny Yorkshire Terrier found in New Guinea during World War II, famed for pulling a communications line through a pipe and later for hospital visits.

New Guinea / Luzon, Philippines / Ohio, United States

Smoky 戴在军用头盔中的公开图像。图片来源:Wikipedia / public article image,本地保存。
Smoky 戴在军用头盔中的公开图像。图片来源:Wikipedia / public article image,本地保存。

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Smoky pulled a communications line through a narrow pipe in Luzon, reducing danger to soldiers and aircraft.

Her postwar hospital visits also made her part of therapy-dog memory.

Smoky is archived because small animal bodies can matter in very specific human-made risks.

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