Wounded in Leg But Sticks to his Post The lalo of a heroic dog, wounded in his leg but continuing to perform his duty, was told to newspapermen on Wednesday by Col. Yoji Wachi, until this summer a Special Service ofücer in North China and now a detachment commander on the Shanghai front.
"The dog in question was a she-plierd, named "Buritsu" or "A Disciplined Warrio attached, to the Pre communications section "of Wachi's detachment. On the night of September 17, the commander of the section set out under a heavy Chinese fire to establish telephone communication between the Wachi and Nagatsu detachments.
He took with him "Buritsu," who carried on his back a wheel with the telephone' wire. The work pro-grossed satisfactorily until, 50 metres from his destination, the ofücer discovered that he had rum out of wire.
Placing the end of the wire in the teeth of the dog and ordering him to lie still, the officer then began to crawl to the Japanese lines, It was about 10,30 o'clock at night when the officer returned to the spot where he had left the dog, The dog was still there, firmly holding the wire between his teeth, But instead of standing upright, he was kneeling.
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