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War Dog of the Week: This British army dog is wet from carrying a message

This is during World War I.

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This is during World War I. Below, the dog carrying the message:

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Photo credits: Tom Aitken/National Library of Scotland

Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at ricksblogcomment@gmail.com. Twitter: @tomricks1
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