No better friend

Description:

"Tells the remarkable story of Royal Air Force technician Frank Williams and Judy, a purebred pointer, who met in an internment camp during WWII. Judy was a fiercely loyal animal who sensed danger and instinctively mistrusted anyone in enemy uniform. Their relationship deepened throughout their imprisonment. The prisoners suffered severe beatings which Judy would interrupt with her barking. The dog became a beacon for the men, who saw in her survival a flicker of hope for their own. Judy was the war's only canine POW, and when she passed away in 1950, she was buried in her Air Force jacket. Williams would never own another dog. Their story--of an unbreakable bond forged in the worst circumstance--is one of the great undiscovered sagas of World War II"

subjects: Prisoners and prisons,  War use,  World War, 1939-1945,  Human-animal relationships,  Veterans,  Dogs,  Biography,  Dogs, biography,  World war, 1939-1945, biography,  World war, 1939-1945, prisoners and prisons,  Animals, war use,  nyt:animals=2015-06-07,  New York Times bestseller,  Mascots,  Japanese Prisoners and prisons,  Prisoners of war,  Sailors,  History,  HISTORY,  Military,  World War II,  PETS,  Essays,  Second World War,  Literary essays,  Dogs as pets,  Military veterans,  British & Irish history,  Armed Forces,  Domestic animals & pets,  European history,  Warfare and Defence,  Great Britain. Royal Navy,  Great Britain,  Chiens,  Utilisation militaire,  Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945,  Prisonniers et prisons des japonais,  Prisonniers de guerre,  Marins,  Biographies

People: Judy (Dog)