Stubby update!

[hoyajmw]

OK, I barely could keep from losing it during Warhorse, and the terrier in The Artist almost pushed me over the edge too -- but I was totally HELPLESS in the face of the the story about Stubby on the main page . . . I am happy to report, however, that -- at least as of May 2011 -- Stubby was proudly on display at the Museum of American History in DC (link below). I plan a pilgrimmage very soon . . .

blog.americanhistory.si.edu/osaycanyousee/2011/05/stubby-dog-hoya-mascot-and-war-hero.html

[hoyarooter]

Hooray for Stubby!!!

Don't recall ever hearing this story before.

[tjm62]

SGT STUBBY IS A LEGEND

[lichoya68]

GREAT STORY HOPE JACK ISNT TOO JEALOUS BUT WE ALL STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF THOSE THAT WENT BEFORE US GO JACK GO STUBBY what a dog wowoowowowowoww

[hoyajmw]

I'm very happy to confirm that Stubby remains proudly on display at the Smithsonian's American History Museum Price of Freedom exhibit, 3rd floor East (I made a trip to pay my respects Sunday morning). He isn't wearing the bemedaled coat nor is there much written about him, but thanks to DFW we know the story (which I felt compelled to regale a few "lucky" (?) tourists with -- "Some have forgotten; we will remind them").

[hoyajmw]

Stubby-Mania continues!!! Wall Street Journal Saturday/Feb. 25, with an excerpt from an upcoming book, "Soldier Dog" Nice headline/excerpt and link below:

Letting Slip the Real Dogs of War
Man's best friend in combat, from Sgt. Stubby to sniffing bombs in the sands of Afghanistan.

"During World War I, one American soldier smuggled his pit bull into France. Sgt. Stubby, as the dog became known, comforted the wounded and was devoted to his comrades, warning them at one point of a gas attack and giving them time to don their gas masks. He also bit a German infiltrator, who was then captured. Sgt. Stubby's popularity was immense, and he was grandly—if unofficially—decorated with medals and pins."


online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203960804577241680087216346.html?mod=ITP_review_0

[lichoya68]

cool story great line of hoya dogs GO HOYAS BEAT ND win one for stubby !!!

[hoyasexy]

Stubby has a facebook page: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000094731577&sk=info

[HoyaChris]

Feb 27, 2012 10:02:50 GMT -5 hoyasexy said:

Stubby has a facebook page: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000094731577&sk=info

While Stubby was Georgetown's mascot, in a World War 1 context he was a "Soldier-Dog."

[hoyajmw]

Thanks for the Facebook page! Great link (at bottom) in there to American History Museum story of Stubby, which adds a touching vignette (excerpt below) to the story -- and includes the proper note as to how Stubby spent his post-war years! Also good to see from photos that the "full medal jacket" (as it were) must be at the Museum somewhere, per the photos. He is not wearing that jacket now in the Museum exhibit, and I may start a one man crusade (actually, I think it would be at least a two man crusade with HoyaChris) to put it back on Stubby in order to reflect his rightful earned valor. Or a Georgetown letter sweater woud do, too . . .

"He learned the bugle calls, the drills, and even a modified dog salute as he put his right paw on his right eyebrow when a salute was executed by his fellow soldiers. Stubby had a positive effect on morale, and was allowed to remain in the camp, even though animals were forbidden. When the division shipped out for France aboard the SS Minnesota, Private Conroy smuggled Stubby aboard. Hidden in the coal bin until the ship was far at sea, Stubby was brought out on deck where the sailors were soon won over by the canine soldier. Stubby was once again smuggled off the ship and was soon discovered by Pvt. Conroy's commanding officer. The CO allowed Stubby to remain after Stubby gave him a salute....When his master, J. Robert Conroy, began studying law at Georgetown University, Stubby became the mascot of the Georgetown Hoyas. He died in 1926."


americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/collection/object.asp?ID=15

[section110]

www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history/2014/05/dogs_of_war_sergeant_stubby_the_u_s_army_s_original_and_still_most_highly.html

[hoyainspirit]

Nice. As we all know, Stubby was a badass!

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Here I am with General John "Black Jack" Pershing. My friend Robert Conroy is on the right.

[Nevada Hoya]

Our intramural basketball team at Georgetown was Stubby's Muscle Factory. We were told it was some gym in Peoria, but this explains the origin of our name better.

[hoyajmw]

Visited Stubby at the American History Museum again today, and was disheartened to see he still isn't wearing his bemedaled sweater (Slate article indicated they might have fixed that). Nor does the description do justice to his true wartime greatness or his post-war Hoya connection. One way or another, I think ESPN is to blame... Paid my own tribute on the spot though and memorialized it as best I could...

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