Smoky was found in a foxhole in New Guinea in February 1944. The American soldier who found her thought she must have been a Japanese soldier’s dog, but when he took her to a POW camp, they found out she didn’t understand commands in Japanese or English. The soldier sold Smoky to Cpl. William Wynne of Cleveland, Ohio for two dollars. Over the next two years, Wynne carried Smoky in his backpack as he fought in the jungles of Rock Island and New Guinea and flew 12 air/sea rescue missions….
