A US Marine Corps dog handler and his K9 partner, staying close to one another in the foxhole, so close, that the dog licks him on his face; The island of Saipan, Mariana Islands in the Pacific ocean, circa 1944.

K9 friend

Pfc. H. J. Finley and his war dog named Pfc. Jack, attached to the 2nd Marine Raider Regiment. - Photo by a fellow Marine, Pfc. P. Scheer; Bougainville, Papua New Guinea in the Solomon Islands Group, Pacific ocean, 8 December, 1943.

Recon and messenger companion

Members of a Marine Corps War Dog platoon move up to the front lines on Iwo Jima. The dogs are a great asset in this type of operation due to their ability to ferret out enemy snipers and to act as speedy messengers; 1945. 