Stg Stubby served in the Western Front for 18 months, participating in 17 battles.
He was honoured for saving his regiment from surprise mustard attacks, four offenses, improving troop morale and he found and comforted the wounded.
His sense of smell was not only a life saver, but a tracker and he sniffed out and apprehended a German spy lurking in the trenches, caught him by the backside and held him in place until US soldiers made their arrest.
Stubby is described as the most decorated war dog of World War 1, and the only dog to be nominated for rank and then promoted to sergeant through combat, a move recognised by the Smithsonian Institution.
Stubby described as an American Pit Bull terrier, was assigned to the 26th (Yankee) Division in WWI and was the official mascot of the 102nd Infantry regiment (United States).
He was found as a stray on the Yale University campus in 1917, and smuggled to France during World War I by his adoptive owner, Cpl John Robert Conroy. Stubby died in his John's arms on March 16, 1926.
