{"id":6039,"date":"2016-05-30T07:21:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T13:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/?p=6039"},"modified":"2016-05-30T07:21:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T13:21:11","slug":"in-the-news-memorial-day-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/?p=6039","title":{"rendered":"In the news: Memorial Day 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Staff Sgt. Christopher Jarrell grooms his military working dog companion, Uran, at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan [Public domain]<\/p><\/div>We honour our troops and veterans on Memorial Day, Monday 30 May 2016.<\/p>\n

The above photograph shows Christopher Jarrell grooming his military working dog companion, Uran, at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan.<\/p>\n

The use of dogs in warfare<\/a> goes back to ancient times. The US K-9 Corps was created on 13 March 1942.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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