Hurriedly, the officer examined the dog and discovered that he had been wounded in his leg by a piece of shrapnel.
Accomplishing his task, the officer put the dog on his back and brought him to the Japanese lines. Orders to give him special care were issued to ihe veterinary, Colonel Wachi said, "Buritsu's" former companion, First Class Private Tsurukichi Hayashi, was killed in action in the Lotien-Yanghang sector. The dog after that exhibited such grief, Colonel Wachi added, that he was placed under the personal care of the section commander.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.