Thrilling and deeply moving, their story will touch the heart of anyone who understands the bond that exists between one man and his dog. By the end of the war Robert and Ant had become very British war heroes, and Ant was justly awarded the Dickin Medal, the 'Animal VC'. When a beloved family dog goes missing on the Appalachian Trail, a family goes on.
Even then he refused to abandon his duty, waiting patiently beside the runway for his master's return from every sortie.
Wounded repeatedly in action, shot, facing crash-landings and parachute bailouts, Ant was eventually grounded due to injury. In the months that followed the pair would save each other's lives countless times as they fled France and flew together with Bomber Command the puppy - which Robert named Ant - becoming the Squadron mascot along the way. Unable to desert his charge, he hid the dog inside his flying jacket as he made his escape. Airman Robert Bozdech stumbled across the tiny German Shepherd after being shot down during a daring mission over enemy lines. Damian Martinez died on Friday night when his motorcycle was involved in a crash. The other, a lost soul of a different sort - a Czech airman, flying for the French Air Force but soon to be bound for the RAF and the country that he would call home. Hugo Yaxley, the son of Homeland star Lewis sister, was just 20 when he. One was an orphaned puppy, abandoned by his owners as they fled the approaching Nazi forces. Judy’s unique combination of courage, kindness and fun repaid that honour a thousand times over and her incredible story is one of the most heartwarming and inspiring tales you will ever read.In the winter of 1939 in the cold snow of no-man's-land, two loners met and began an extraordinary journey together, one that would bind them for the rest of their lives. It was in recognition of the extraordinary friendship and protection she offered amidst the unforgiving and savage environment of a Japanese prison camp in Indonesia that she gained her formal status as a POW. She was a close companion to men who became like a family to her, sharing in both the tragedies and joys they faced. Viewed largely as human by those who shared her extraordinary life, Judy’s uncanny ability to sense danger, matched with her quick-thinking and impossible daring saved countless lives. Judy, a beautiful liver and white English pointer, and the only animal POW of WWII, truly was a dog in a million, cherished and adored by the British, Australian, American and other Allied servicemen who fought to survive alongside her. The impossibly moving story of how Judy, World War Two’s only animal POW, brought hope in the midst of hell.
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