1. Sergeant Stubby was the unofficial mascot of the 102nd Infantry Regiment and was assigned to the 26th Division in World War I and travelled with his division to France to fight alongside the French.
20 Facts About Sergeant Stubby
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Sergeant Stubby served for 18 months and participated in 17 battles and four offensives on the Western Front.
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Sergeant Stubby saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and allegedly once caught a German soldier by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American soldiers found him.
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Sergeant Stubby received many awards including a gold medal, a wound strip and two purple hearts.
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Sergeant Stubby is the subject of the 2018 animated film Sgt.
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Sergeant Stubby was described in contemporaneous news items as a Boston Terrier or "bull terrier" mutt.
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Sergeant Stubby hung around as the men drilled and one soldier in particular, Corporal James Robert Conroy, developed a fondness for him.
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Sergeant Stubby served with the 102nd Infantry Regiment in the trenches in France for 18 months and participated in four offensives and 17 battles.
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Sergeant Stubby entered combat on February 5,1918, at Chemin des Dames, north of Soissons, and was under constant fire, day and night for over a month.
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Sergeant Stubby was sent to the rear for convalescence and, as he had done on the front, improved morale.
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When he recovered from his wounds, Sergeant Stubby returned to the trenches.
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Sergeant Stubby was solely responsible for capturing a German spy in the Argonne, leading to their unit's commander nominating Stubby for the rank of sergeant.
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Sergeant Stubby was later injured again, in the chest and leg by a grenade.
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Sergeant Stubby met Presidents Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, and Warren G Harding.
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Sergeant Stubby appeared on vaudeville stages owned by Sylvester Z Poli and was awarded lifetime memberships to the American Legion and the YMCA.
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Sergeant Stubby received an obituary in the New York Times following his death in 1926.
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Sergeant Stubby was the subject of a portrait by "Capitol artist" Charles Ayer Whipple.
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Sergeant Stubby was featured in the Brave Beasts exhibit at the Legermuseum in Delft, The Netherlands from 2008 to 2009.
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Sergeant Stubby has his portrait on display at the West Haven Military Museum in Connecticut.
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Sergeant Stubby: An American Hero is an animated feature-length film based on the life and times of Sergeant Stubby.