USMC052 - Pacific War DogDuring WW2 the Marine Corps trained a small number of War Dogs for service in the Pacific. They were first used on Bougainville and Peleliu but saw most active duty on Guam where 60 war dogs and their handlers went ashore and twenty were killed or believed missing in action. Some other war dogs served as messenger dogs while more were used as sentries or on the point of patrols where their superior animal senses often negated any surprise attack or