20 Emotional Photos of Soldiers and Their Pets in War

By | August 15, 2016

These emotional moments between soldiers and their pets at the frontline were captured and forever immortalized in these incredible war photos.
 

1968: A soldier of the U.S. Seventh Marines carries a rescued puppy in his pocket, Da Nang, Vietnam
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1945: A soldier sleeps with his dog, Okinawa
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1945: A tiny puppy sleeps comfortably between resting Russian soldiers
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1943: An American soldier gives this puppy a bath, Tunisia
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1942: An American soldier plays with a joey
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Captain D.Michelson with a turtle
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1944: Dog gives this Marine soldier in a foxhole a sloppy kiss, Saipan
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Donkey rides on the back of a WWII soldier
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Finnish soldier plays with kittens
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1915: German soldier feeding a puppy
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German soldier with a messenger dog, WWII
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Soldier pets a kitten at the frontlines
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Soldier feeding kitten
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1944: Soldier shares a banana with a goat during the battle of Saipan
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Vietnam War soldier and his dog
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Dog watching over a sleeping soldier WWII
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1944: Wounded soldier on the Allied beachhead in France awaits to be transported to a hospital in England with a stray dog
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Young soldier playing with a little pig in London during World War II
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February 1918: A Canadian soldier giving his dog a bath
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1968: A soldier coping with his dog during the Battle of Khe Sahn
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