To all the brave and dedicated working dogs A H For my dogs devoted and steadfast companions through the years M G M
CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Runaway 1 February 1917 CHAPTER 2 Farewell 9 February 1917 CHAPTER 3 Letter from Father 19 Beginning of March 1917 CHAPTER 4 The Final Stop 29 March 1917 CHAPTER 5 War Dog 204 40 Beginning of April 1917 CHAPTER 6 A New Mission 52 End of April 1917 CHAPTER 7 From England to Belgium 57 Mid-May 1917 CHAPTER 8 The Trenches 69 May 20 1917 CHAPTER 9 Begone 79 June 2 1917
CHAPTER 10 No Man’s Land 90 June 2 1917 CHAPTER 11 The Fight Is ere 102 Early June 1917 CHAPTER 12 Find the Wounded 109 June 6 1917 CHAPTER 13 Zero Hour 117 June 7 1917 CHAPTER 14 A Strange Place 125 June 10 1917 CHAPTER 15 Unfit for Duty 134 June 14 1917 CHAPTER 16 The Final Journey 140 June 14 1917 The History Behind Darling 151
CHAPTER 1 Runaway February 1917 Darling is going to be a nurse Mistress Katherine said I felt a tug on my collar as she pulled me toward her Darling is going to be a soldier Master Robert declared A harder tug yanked me toward him Katherine set a pretend nurse’s cap on my shaggy head The British soldiers need Darling to care for their wounds she insisted No silly goose Robert whisked away the cap and replaced it with a heavy helmet She will be in the trenches on the Front fighting
