Sentry Dogs on Duty in Vietnam, Various Locations

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF NEWS SERVICES THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. - LIBERTY 5-6700 AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION RADI0-TV-NEWSFILM BRANCH ROOM 2E791 EXTENSION 75111 Release No. 159-65 Footage: 100' 16mm August 2, 1965 DUPE NEGATIVE TO: FINE GRAIN TO; SENTRY DOGS ON DUTY IN RVN (Official Air Force footage released by Department of Defense) The Air Force is "recruiting" an additional one thousand German Shepherd dogs from "civilian life" to sugment its entry dog corps. The possibility of increased requirements for sentry dogs in Southeast Asia, plus gradually increased use in the United States, has stimulated the new recruiting campaign. Forty dogs , accompanied by their Air Force handlers, arrived in Vietnam earlier this month marking the first time U.S. sentry dog teams have been used there. The group i.e assigned on a 120-day trial basis to determine whether additional teams can be used effectively. The Air Force will accept donations or will purchase animals meeting prescribed standards. Needed are male or spayed female German Shepherda between one and three years old, weighing at least 60 pounds and at least 23 inches high at the shoulder. Although the doge need not be pedigreed they must meet generally acceptable physical and temperamental standards for the breed. Owners interested in this program should contact the USAF Sentry Dog Procurement Office, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas. Sentry teams consisting of highly trained German Shepherds and their individual handlers are now used by all three services throughout the world for patrol and security duty. Sequences show: (a) Main gate at Lackland AFB, San Antonia, Texas. (b) Sign, USAF Sentry Dog Training. (c) Sentry dogs in kennel. Several different angles. (d) Dogs being taken from kennel to trucks. (e) Handlers and dogs loaded on truck. (f) Trucks depart for Kelly AFB, Texas. g) Handlers and dogs lined up behind C-130. (h) Handlers and dogs board aircraft. (1) Aircraft takes off and in flight. (i) At Tan Son Nhut Air Base, RVN, handler and sentry dog on patrol. (k) U.S. airman talking to VNAF guard. (1) Handler and dos as they patrol flightline area with large antenna in background. (m) Dog and handler as they are alerted by unseen noise in boub dump area. (n) Ducheas (sentry dog) in vicious state as she tries to attack unseen foe. NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY The fine grain master positive, released to the company designated above, is for duplication and distribution to interested TV and Newsreel pool members. It is then to be returned within 72 hours to the Film Library, Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York. The master positive must not be cut in any manner. A dupe negative is also for release to the company designated above for distribution to pool members so desiring for duplication purposes. within 24 hours it will be delivered to DeLuxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Avenue, New York, N. Y., telephone Circle 7-3220 where it will be avail- able to non-pool members and other authorized organizations which make satisfactory financial arrangements with DeLuxe Laboratories. The dupe negative must not be cut in any manner. D23413

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Filmed News Releases