No better friend
Subtitle: one man, one dog, and their extraordinary story of courage and survival in WWII
By: Robert Weintraub
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9780316337069
Subjects: Prisoners and prisons; War use; World War, 1939-1945; Human-animal relationships; Veterans; Dogs; Biography
Other titles: 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"
Notes: Includes bibliographic references and index.