Iris an Gárda, Apr 1954

Cover Image Description: Phone of many (perhaps about forty) dogs with their individual kennels. Headline: Dogs on Active Service. Caption: Man’s four-legged partner—the dog—plays an active part in the defence of the free world. His duties are the guarding of depots and supply dumps and also patrols. Contrary to general belief, the dogs are not trained for attack, but primarily for detecting and indicating the presence of unauthorized people. Dogs of the German Shepherd type have proved particularly suitable This picture shows dogs serving with the U.S. Army. Like soldiers they serve in various commands—the Far East and Europe. The European Command has a complete "dog programme", which is the responsibility of the Quartermaster, EUCOM. The total "strength" of this canine army is over 2,000. A "dog’s life’’—army fashion. This "camp" is at Darmstadt, Germany.—(Official U.S. Army photo, released by the U.S. Dept, of Defence.)