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What Happened to Tippy Serial No. 652

I'm trying to findout what happened to a war dog my grandfather owned (grandfather is deceased, Peter Kowal)...any help please e mail:

Tippy was a Shepherd-Collie mix,-- Marine Corps Serial No. 652, passed his 6 month training at Camp Lejeune, NC and then was sent to the Pacific Arena of the war (served 8 months there).

A letter dated 4 May, 1945 from Jackson H. Boyd, Captain, USMCR, Commanding War Dog Training School, specialist Training Regiment, Marine Training Command, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, stated he was "promoted to the rank of Private First Class, effective 1 May, 1945." They said they usually give the name of his handler, but in Tippy's case "since he is a replacement for a platoon already in the field, his final handler will be assigned out there. You can contact him in the meantime by addressing him by his own name care of:

Commanding Officer
War Dog Training and Adminstrative Headquarters (Prov0
Forward Echelon, Fleet Marine force, Pacific,
c/o Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California

Re: What Happened to Tippy Serial No. 652

Jennifer,

During a recent warehouse clean up at Camp Lejune
someone open a box marked to be thrown away, and dicovered all the USMC War Dog records from WWII.

Several boxes were then opened, and the historical importance of the records was quickly evident.

All the records were then transferred to the "National Archives" in Washington, DC.

So you must access "The National Archives" to get the anser to your question, but the answer is there for sure.

I understand that there may be a fee (charge) for their services researching the answer to your question, I do not have information about what the cost will be, but go for it and good luck.

Please share the answer with the rest of us when you get it.

About all the information I have is the names of the USMC War Dogs killed on Guam, and Iwo Jima, and the information in Captain Putney's book "Alway Faithful".

Semper Fi
Perry C. Money
USMC Mine and Booby Trap Detection Dog Handler
"Mssy" 7K37 Vietnam 1970

Re: What Happened to Tippy Serial No. 652

Thank you so much for the reply.

Another letter I found from the government regarding Tippy, asked my grandfather if he wanted Tippy returned or the government would terminate him. An aunt told me that the handler of the dog asked my grandfather if he could keep Tippy, and my grandfather said yes. But I will check with the archives as well.

Thanks again, and great website!!

Re: What Happened to Tippy Serial No. 652

http://carol_fus.tripod.com/dog_story.html

And now the rest of the story about Tippy...amazing animal.