Penn State Altoona's Dog of War: Thor | Penn State Altoona

This is a brief video of Robert E. Eiche's dog, Thor. Thor was a boxer who served in the Dogs for Defense program. This was the United States Army's first K-9, spearheaded by Alene Erlanger.
Information about the Dogs for Defense program was taken from the U.S. Army's publication Dogs and National Defense. It can be found at www.google.com...
More information on Thor and Robert E. Eiche can be found at the Eiche Library at Penn State Altoona: libraries.psu....
All newspaper clippings are from the "Altoona Mirror. "
All other photographs from the Robert E. Eiche Library Archives.
Special Thanks to Robin Eiche for his firsthand account of the Thor.