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Texican

Texican

Live Free & Die Free.... God Freedom Country....
Judy, a purebred pointer, was the mascot of several ships in the Pacific, and was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and taken to a prison camp. There she met Aircraftsman Frank Williams, who shared his small portion of rice with her.

Judy raised morale in the POW camp, and also barked when poisonous snakes, crocodiles or even tigers approached the prisoners. When the prisoners were shipped back to Singapore, she was smuggled out in a rice sack, never whimpering or betraying her presence to the guards.

The next day, that ship was torpedoed. Williams pushed Judy out of a porthole in an attempt to save her life, even though there was a 15-foot drop to the sea. He made his own escape from the ship, but was then recaptured and sent to a new POW camp.

He didn't know if Judy had survived, but soon he began hearing stories about a dog helping drowning men reach pieces of debris after the shipwreck. And when Williams arrived at the new camp, he said: "I couldn’t believe my eyes! As I walked through the gate, a scraggly dog hit me square between the shoulders and knocked me over. I’d never been so glad to see the old girl!"

They spent a year together at that camp in Sumatra. "Judy saved my life in so many ways," said Williams. "But the greatest of all was giving me a reason to live. All I had to do was look into those weary, bloodshot eyes and ask myself: 'What would happen to her if I died?' I had to keep going."

Once hostilities ceased, Judy was then smuggled aboard a troopship heading back to Liverpool. In England, she was awarded the Dickin Medal (the "Victoria Cross" for animals) in May 1946. Her citation reads: "For magnificent courage and endurance in Japanese prison camps, which helped to maintain morale among her fellow prisoners, and also for saving many lives through her intelligence and watchfulness".

At the same time, Frank Williams was awarded the PDSA's White Cross of St. Giles for his devotion to Judy. Frank and Judy spent a year after the war visiting the relatives of English POWs who had not survived, and Frank said that Judy "always provided a comforting presence to the families."

When Judy finally died at the age of 13, Frank spent two months building a granite and marble memorial in her memory, which included a plaque describing her life story.

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Texican

Texican

Live Free & Die Free.... God Freedom Country....
"Wow what a day today has been I was on the way leaving Huntsville and had to stop to pick up some shots. I ran through Walmart parking lot and I saw a homeless man sitting on the side of the road and the sign says 'my dog is in the pound help' Of course what do I do, I've seen every sign in the world except that one. I've seen 'I need a beer, lost my job, need help.' I could go on forever but never this sign so I tried to pull to the side and of course everybody's pissed off because I'm blocking them and I asked him what his deal was. I gave him my card I asked him how much it was to get his dog out of the pound; he said $120 well I had $8 to my name. I told him I'd see what I could do. At first I called the pound to verify the man's story was true and they said yes it was $120. I asked him why so much the pound said because $35 was for an impoundment fee; then they gave it rabies shots, got a heartworm test and yes the dog was negative and put a flea prevention and they said yes the dog was in good shape so now when I don't have a dime to my name I call a dear friend and sponsor money and I tell her about this guy. She says well go back and find out his story so I did; 30 years old and his name is Patrick. I talked to him for a few minutes and he told me his circumstances and stuff and I told him well I'm getting the money to get your dog out so let's go down to the pound.

Me and Patrick go down to the pound, they give them all his paperwork and they did get a copy of the rabies. Fred Frederick is the dog's name he was shaking when he came out of the pound it was so happy. Happy to see the man so sometimes you just have to dig deeper and do what's right in your heart. That man loves that dog. On his backpack was the dog's bowl and toys. He's helping the dog against the world, the man was very very grateful he had tears in his eyes when the dog came out. We've all been in a bad situation in our life so remember always pay it forward you never know who that person might be that you help but I know for a fact that man loves his dog and he tried to give me the money he had collected. I wouldn't accept it because maybe he can have some dinner tonight. He said his dog eats before he does. Wow that sounds like me too, I wish I had the money to get the man a room for a week and let him regroup him and Frederick but unfortunately I don't. All I can do is give him his dog and pray that life gives the man a break. I cried after the man in Frederick left. I dropped them back off in the Walmart parking lot in Huntsville, Texas. God please bless Patrick in Frederick tonight."

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Credit Wilma Price
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