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Togo, the forgotten hero.

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  • JollyJ Offline
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    Jolly
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    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-heroic-dog-raced-across-the-frozen-alaskan-wilderness-to-deliver-life-saving-medicine-but-his-contributions-were-long-overlooked-180985905/

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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    • MikM Away
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      Mik
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      Well aware of that story. I suspect the name was changed because of the closeness to Tojo.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • RenaudaR Offline
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        Well known and often told story here in the North. There are similar stories of man and beast heroics and valour throughout the North.

        Elbows up!

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          Great story. One I had forgotten about.

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          • LuFins DadL Offline
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            I feel bad for Balto. What a piss poor ending.

            The Brad

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